First compulsory admissions under part II of the Mental Health Act 1983: A retrospective five-year study

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-254

  Law Min, R ^a   Oyebode, F ^b   Haque, M S ^b  

^a Alderney Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041695295     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.3.248     Document Type: Article

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