First-ever admitted psychiatric inpatients in Italy: Clinical characteristics and reasons contributing to admissionFindings from a national survey

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-68

  Guzzetta, Francesca ^a   Miglio, Rossella ^b   Santone, Giovanni ^c   Picardi, Angelo ^d   Norcio, Bruno ^e   Bracco, Renata ^e   de Girolamo, Giovanni ^f  

^a Azienda USL Ravenna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e ASL Triestina   (Italy)

^f Health Care Research Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

General hospitals psychiatric units; Hospitalization; Inpatients; Pathways of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGED; AGITATION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749094692     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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