Changing patterns in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England, 1984-1996

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue MAY, 2000, Pages 479-484

  Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Wall, Sharon ^a   Buchanan, Alec ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Churchill, Rachel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034016897     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.5.479     Document Type: Article

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