Table 1: Responses of staff towards pseudo patients requests
|
Response |
Percentage making contact with patient |
|
|
|
Psychiatrists |
Nurses |
|
Moves on with head averted |
71 |
88 |
|
Makes eye contact |
23 |
10 |
|
Pauses and chats |
2 |
4 |
|
Stops and talks |
4 |
0.5 |
Table 2: Judgement of all admissions patients as to the likelihood that they are pseudo patients
|
Number of patients judged |
193 |
|
Number of patients confidently judged as pseudo patients by at least one staff member |
41 |
|
Number of patients suspected by one psychiatrist |
23 |
|
Number of patients suspected by one psychiatrist AND one other staff member |
19 |