To investigate the predictors of non-attendance at the out-patient psychiatric clinic loglinear analysis was performed on the social and diagnostic factors of 445 newly assessed patients. Regardless of the sex of the patients, the clear characteristics of non-attenders are those over the age of 35 years and at the same time they are married and suffer from mild psychiatric disorders. As the identified non-attenders are less ill, more likely to be mature and more likely to have the support of a marital relationship, their non-attendance is not a cause for concern.