Heavy-tailed distribution of seclusion and restraint episodes in a state psychiatric hospital

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Whitehead, Paul D ^a,b   Liljeros, Fredrik ^c  

^a Utah State Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH;

EID: 79953153146     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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