Trends in the use of Part II of the Mental Health Act 1983 in seven English local authority areas

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue JAN., 2003, Pages 68-70

  Lelliott, Paul ^a   Audini, Bernard ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DETENTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0037248824     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.1.68     Document Type: Article

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