[Analysis of the evaluation of demand for care in a mental health center].

Actas Luso Esp Neurol Psiquiatr Cienc Afines

Unidad de Salud Mental de Xátiva, Valencia.

Published: July 1994

This study is a descriptive analysis of the evolution of a Community Mental Health Service attendance request. Three significant periods in the history of this centre are selected: its creation, a consolidation stage and, finally another period in which the Mental Health Service constitution has been unified, this period coincides with the Neuropsychiatry figure disappearance. Socio-demographics and clinic diagnostic variables are analyzed so the authors can elaborate the characteristic user profile in the periods studied.

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