Role of consultation-liaison psychiatry toward shortening of length of stay for medically ill patients with depression

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Aoki, Takayuki ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^b   Hosaka, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consultation liasion service; Depression; Length of stay; Physical illness

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SULPIRIDE; TRAZODONE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042592208     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500310004957     Document Type: Article

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