Sergeant H
Lancet. 1984 Jul 28;2(8396):212-4. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(84)90494-x.
A psychiatric referee carried out pre-employment psychiatric examinations on two groups of former psychiatric patients, 96 before and 256 after the Employment Protection Act 1975 became law. The Act prohibited terms of health probation lasting more than one year. The total percentage of subjects rejected (26%) was high. For schizophrenic patients, the proportion rejected increased from 17% before the Act to 46% afterwards, primarily because of the restriction on the length of probation. The inequality created by the Act should be redressed. And confidential returns of the work of all referees ought to be collated.
一位精神病学鉴定人对两组曾经的精神病患者进行了入职前精神病学检查，一组是1975年《就业保护法》生效前的96人，另一组是该法生效后的256人。该法禁止健康试用期超过一年。被拒绝的受试者总比例（26%）很高。对于精神分裂症患者，被拒绝的比例从该法生效前的17%增至之后的46%，主要原因是试用期时长受到限制。该法造成的不平等应予以纠正。而且所有鉴定人的工作保密回执应进行整理。
