Acute psychiatric treatment and the use of physical restraint in first-generation immigrants in Italy: A prospective concurrent study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 613-618

  Tarsitani, Lorenzo ^a   Pasquini, Massimo ^a   Maraone, Annalisa ^a   Zerella, Maria Paola ^a   Berardelli, Isabella ^a   Giordani, Roberta ^a   Polselli, Gian Marco ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

inpatient psychiatric care; involuntary treatment; length of stay; mental disorders; Migration; physical restraint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIGRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL RESTRAINT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LATIN AMERICA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE; INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIGRATION; PHYSICAL RESTRAINT;

EID: 84883337282     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012450985     Document Type: Review

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