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Outpatients

Known as: Out-patient, Out patients, Outpatient 
A patient who visits a health care facility for diagnosis or treatment without spending the night. Sometimes called a day patient.
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A case-control study examining the role of physical trauma in the onset of fibromyalgia syndrome.
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether physical trauma may precipitate the onset of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). DESIGN A case… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Relationships between changes in symptom ratings, neuropsychological test performance and quality of life in schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
A New Community Mental Health Team Based in Primary Care
A new community multidisciplinary team based in primary care is described and the experience of the first year discussed. The… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
An acupuncture programme for the treatment of drug-addicted persons.
Over the past 13 years, Lincoln Hospital, New York City, has used acupuncture as the primary method of treatment for drug… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Social functioning in chronic depression: Effect of 6 weeks of antidepressant treatment
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Referral to medical outpatients department at teaching hospitals in Birmingham and Amsterdam
a correct decision in 84% and a combined bad diagnostic and management error rate of 3-2%.' We used a different approach, which… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Adversity and the nature of psychiatric disorder in the community.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Non-Organic Gastrointestinal Illness: A Medical and Psychiatric Study
Summary One hundred consecutive referrals to a general medical out-patient clinic were evaluated psychiatrically under blind… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Desensitization and Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Phobic States: A Controlled Inquiry
There is still much disagreement about the best way to treat patients with phobic states. Until recently, drugs and various forms… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM SYMPTOMATIC COURSE OF PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENTS.
Two populations of psychiatric outpatients totalling 109 were given placebos and the effect on their reported level of distress… 
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