The determinants and outcomes of long-stay psychiatric admissions

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Tulloch, Alex D ^a   Fearon, Paul ^a   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing; Length of stay; Psychiatric hospitals; Psychosis; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 47249134611     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0332-2     Document Type: Article

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