Rates for civil commitment to psychiatric hospitals in Norway. Are registry data accurate?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Iversen, Knut Ivar ^b   Høyer, Georg ^a   Sexton, Harold C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civil commitment; Coercion; Psychiatry; Rates; Registry data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FREEDOM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DATA COLLECTION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349104640     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480902730607     Document Type: Article

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