Admission rates of patients with borderline personality disorder in a psychiatric unit in a General Hospital

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-80

  Peritogiannis, Vaios ^a   Stefanou, Ekaterini ^b   Damigos, Dimitrios ^b   Mavreas, Venetsanos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Admissions; Borderline personality disorder; General Hospital; Hospitalization; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 45849153417     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500701531455     Document Type: Article

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