Minimizing adverse effects on patients of involuntary relocation from long-stay wards to community residences

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1022-1027

  Farhall, John ^a,b   Trauer, Tom ^c   Newton, Richard ^c,d   Cheung, Peter ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b North Western Mental Health   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038449993     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.7.1022     Document Type: Article

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