ABSENTING WITHOUT LEAVE (Absconding) FROM A HOSPITAL FOR MENTALLY SUBNORMAL PATIENTS

Kanjilal, G. C.

doi:10.1179/bjms.1969.003

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“…To Antebi (1967) the patient most likely to abscond also probably never received visits by relatives or friends or only did so on occasions. Kanjilal (1969) also noted the few visits received by the absconders in his study.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Falkoswld et al (1990) also found that 70% of their absconders were in hospital compulsorily at the time they absconded. Kanjilal (1969), too, found that more compulsory patients than informal patients absconded. Antebi (1967), as well, stated that the patient most likely to abscond was the compulsory patient, as was later found by Short (1995).…”

Section: Legal Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Selected Characteristics of Absconders and Non-Absconders From Mental Hospitals: a Comparison

Andoh¹

1999

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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This paper compares selected characteristics of absconders with those of non-absconders matched for age group, sex, type of ward and length of stay. The study was conducted over a twelve-month period in three English conventional mental hospitals. The case notes of both groups of patients and also various hospital documents were perused. Analysis of the data was done using SPSS. Overall, the absconders were found to differ significantly from the non-absconders on source of referral, legal status, job to go to, visits from relatives or friends and history of alcohol abuse. The significant findings are discussed in the light of previous studies.

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confidence: 99%