Trends in the use of the Italian Mental Health Act, 1979-1997

European Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 444-445

  Guaiana, Giuseppe ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community psychiatry; Compulsory admissions; Mental health act

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 7044269178     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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