Chronic patients in acute wards
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Absconding of patients on acute psychiatric wards
Results Among compulsory admissions (846 admissions, 11.8% of all admissions) 97 admissions resulted in 148 incidents of absconding involving 72 patients. Typical absconders are younger than 35 years, have a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia with an alcohol/drug comorbidity, are unmarried, and live on social welfare payments. Only 55.4% of absconders were considered harmful to self or others. ...
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متن کاملSurvey of long-stay patients on acute psychiatric wards
RESULTS Long-stay patients consistently occupied around a fifth of all acute beds. The nursing and medical staff recommendations and patients’ placements at 2 years showed only moderate agreement. Aside from remaining in hospital, patients were most likely to be living in a residential or nursing home at follow-up. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS There is a need to sharpen the focus of mental health stra...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.154.5.730a