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Factors affecting compliance with depot injection treatment in the community

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This study investigated aspects of the community psychiatric care of psychotic patients living in inner city areas, and especially those of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity. Ethnicity was not found to be a major factor affecting complicance with depot injections. More important were variables such as time since first treatment and sex. Defaulters from treatment were more likely to be subsequently admitted to hospital.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK

    S. Tunnicliffe, G. Harrison & P. J. Standen

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Tunnicliffe, S., Harrison, G. & Standen, P.J. Factors affecting compliance with depot injection treatment in the community. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 27, 230–233 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00788934

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