Evaluating improvement over the course of adult psychiatric hospitalization

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 55-66

  Capp, Holly Bragg ^a   Thyer, Bruce A ^c   Bordnick, Patrick S ^b  

^a Georgia Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADULT; CHRISTIANITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 0030712285     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v25n04_04     Document Type: Article

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