Lowinger P
J Natl Med Assoc. 1979 Nov;71(11):1095-7.
A large majority of psychiatric outpatients (70 percent) could be diagnosed by nonprofessionals, and an even larger proportion, 80 percent, of 36 patients evaluated could be treated by nonprofessionals. Where the nonprofessional needed professional assistance to diagnose and treat the patient, it was a medical doctor rather than a mental health professional who was needed in every case except one. The 36 psychiatric outpatients all had "problems of daily living" rather than "real" psychiatric illness.
绝大多数精神科门诊患者（70%）可由非专业人员诊断，在接受评估的36名患者中，甚至有更大比例（80%）可由非专业人员治疗。在非专业人员需要专业协助来诊断和治疗患者的情况下，除了一例之外，在每种情况下需要的都是医生而非心理健康专业人员。这36名精神科门诊患者都有“日常生活问题”，而非“真正的”精神疾病。
