Constant special observation and self-harm on acute psychiatric wards: a longitudinal analysis

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-530

  Stewart, Duncan ^a   Bowers, Len ^a   Warburton, Fiona ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatric wards; Observation; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING RECORDS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATE MEDICINE; SUICIDE;

EID: 70350573481     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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