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A Study of 500 Oxford Student Psychiatric Patients
Author(s) -
DAVIDSON M. A.,
HUTT CORINNE
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1964.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - referral , psychology , psychiatry , sample (material) , population , control sample , clinical psychology , medicine , family medicine , chemistry , food science , environmental health , chromatography
The case records and psychometric results of 500 Oxford student patients were retrospectively analysed. Some academic, social and clinical characteristics of the patient sample are described. The sample is also compared with a control group and with the student population at risk. The sample was found not to differ significantly from other psychiatric groups. It is pointed out that a high referral rate need not be indicative of a serious problem of student 'breakdown'. There is no evidence to show that there are factors in the University environment which generate psychiatric illness.