[Multicenter study of patients treated in a community psychiatric health service]

Research on the characteristics and modalities of treatment was conducted in several diversified fields of psychiatry. The first results have allowed us to establish a sociodemographic profile of the patients in relation to their reference population, which itself is rather like the french population. The essential differences were found in the matrimonial status and the socioprofessional categories. The most represented diagnostic categories were studied according to sex. The different types of treatment were defined as hospital, outpatient consultations and mixed. The study of the duration of treatment has shown the importance of single consultations and long periods of treatment of at least 2 years.