Turner Trevor
Department of Psychiatry, East Wing, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6QR, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2006 Mar;188:229-30. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.104.007526.
Comparing suicide rates between Victorian and modern times, and the impact of the asylum, should enable a useful historical perspective on how effective our treatment approaches really are. Difficulties include clarifying the 'social geography', the underlying diagnoses, the reasons for admission and the reliability of case book data and follow-up arrangements.
比较维多利亚时代和现代的自杀率,以及精神病院的影响,应该能让我们从历史角度了解我们的治疗方法到底有多有效。困难包括厘清“社会地理”、潜在诊断、入院原因以及病例簿数据和后续安排的可靠性。