Measuring observed mental state in acute psychiatric inpatients

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-161

  Sly, Ketrina A ^a   Lewin, Terry J ^a,b   Carr, Vaughan J ^a,b   Conrad, Agatha M ^a   Cohen, Martin ^a,b   Tirupati, Srinivasan ^a,b   Ward, Philip B ^c   Coombs, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Inpatients; Mental disorders; Observation; Psychiatric status rating scales

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 59349100317     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0427-9     Document Type: Article

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