Prevalence of mental incapacity in medical inpatients and associated risk factors: Cross-sectional study

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9443, 2004, Pages 1421-1427

  Raymont, Vanessa ^a   Bingley, Prof William ^b   Buchanan, Alec ^c   David, Prof Anthony S ^a   Hayward, Peter ^a   Wessely, Prof Simon ^a   Hotopf, Prof Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 5644233689     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17224-3     Document Type: Article

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