Characteristics of elderly psychiatric patients retained in a state hospital during downsizing: A prospective study with replication

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 474-480

  White, Leonard ^a,b,d   Parrella, Michael ^a,b   Mccrystal Simon, Janice ^a,b   Harvey, Philip D ^a,b   Masiar, Stephen J ^a,b   Davidson, Michael ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pilgrim Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^c Sheba Hospital   (Israel)

^d Clinical Neuroscience Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Elderly; Inpatients; Schizophrenia; State hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030914978     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199704)12:4<474::AID-GPS530>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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