Characteristics of frequent users of an acute psychiatric inpatient unit: A five-year study in Portugal

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-195

  Graca, Joao ^a   Klut, Catarina ^a   Trancas, Bruno ^a   Borja Santos, Nuno ^a   Cardoso, Graça ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PORTUGAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RACE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PORTUGAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880172991     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.000782012     Document Type: Article

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