Increase in involuntary psychiatric admissions of minors - A register study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Kaltiala Heino, Riittakerttu ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Commitment of mentally ill; Epidemiology; Minors; Psychiatric health services research; Register study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; CHILD; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL HOSPITAL; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2342441554     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0694-z     Document Type: Article

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