Citation

Lester D. Crisis Interv. 1970; 2(3): 75-76.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1970, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service)

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Abstract

One of the referrals that a counselor can make for callers to the three problem services of the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in Buffalo is to the SPCS itself. Patients can be seen anytime between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for individual face-to-face therapy.

The proportion of patients given appointment at the SPCS for therapy who actually showed ranged in successive months from 29% to 56% (Lester, 1970). Since the proportion of no-shows was high, it was decided to see whether any clues as to why patients were not showing could be obtained from the records of the telephone calls...

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