Relationship between diagnosis and disposition of patients admitted to a state psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-106

  Advokat, Claire ^a   Eustis, Nancy ^b   Pickering, John ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b E Louisiana Mental Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 17644423101     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-005-2333-3     Document Type: Article

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