Acute inpatient admissions in a community oriented old age psychiatry service

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-7

  Freyne, Aideen ^a   Wrigley, Margo ^b  

^a ST PATRICK S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

acute admissions; admission criteria; dementia; old age psychiatry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME;

EID: 0030977264     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700002810     Document Type: Article

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