Factors in the selection of patients for conditional release from their first psychiatric hospitalization

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1614-1622

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33751312638     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.11.1614     Document Type: Article

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