A Cumulative National Psychiatric Register: Its Structure and Application

Abstract

The Danish Central Psychiatric Register is a cumulative register comprising all psychiatric in-patient institutions (about 12,000 beds and about 40,000 admissions per year). The system of manual files and an EDP registration is described. Its development, method of operation and function, some applications and results are presented.

Questions of supply and demand in dynamic psychotherapy

“…A useful way to accomplish this would be by a national or local 'Psychotherapy Patient Register ' (of course, maintaining the appropriate levels of confidentiality). It is a technically feasible task, as demonstrated by ongoing registers for general psychiatric patients set up in Monroe County, New York (Gardner et al, 1963;Babigian, 1972), in Salford, England (Adelstein et al, 1968), in Camberwell, London (Wing & Hailey, 1972 and in Denmark (Dupont et al, 1974).…”

Seven year follow‐up of 300 young drug abusers

“…This registration was established primarily for data clearing between the institutions concerned, but under certain conditions the register is also available for research (7). This registration was established primarily for data clearing between the institutions concerned, but under certain conditions the register is also available for research (7).…”

“…All admissions to psychiatric departments and institutions in Denmark are entered into a central register immediately after the first day in hospital. This registration was established primarily for data clearing between the institutions concerned, but under certain conditions the register is also available for research (7).…”

The Samsø project from 1957 to 1974*

“…When a person is referred to the psychiatric service, it makes diagnostic procedures much easier when all psychiatric information about him and his relatives on his filecard is available within a few minutes. Like any other psychiatric service in Denmark the Sam@ service has access to the information in the Danish Central Psychiatric Register, which has been described by Dupont et al (1974).…”