Specialized inpatient mental health units in Ontario: Their history and program characteristics

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Morris, Susan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bipolar; Developmental disability; Inpatient; Intellectual disability; Mental retardation; Multidisciplinary; Policy; Psychiatric; Psychiatric disorder; Restraint; Schizophrenia; Seclusion

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 24944479075     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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