A Study of Long-Stay Patients Resettled in the Community after Closure of a Psychiatric Hospital in Italy

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-70

  Barbato, Angelo ^a   D'Avanzo, Barbara ^a   Rocca, Gabriele ^b   Amatulli, Antonio ^b   Lampugnani, Donatella ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera F   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS;

EID: 0347360305     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.67     Document Type: Article

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