Treating suicidal patients in an acute psychiatric day hospital: A challenge to assumptions about risk and overnight care

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-387

  Jones, Gemma ^a   Gavrilovic, Jelena Jankovic ^a   Mccabe, Rosemarie ^a   Becktas, Canan ^a   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day hospital; Inpatient wards; Mental health; Risk; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 51849085235     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230701504981     Document Type: Article

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