Outcomes of inpatients with severe mental illness: a naturalistic descriptive study
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Outcomes of inpatients with severe mental illness: a naturalistic descriptive study.
OBJECTIVE To describe and evaluate the response and predictors of remission during inpatient treatment in a psychiatric unit in a general hospital based on symptomatology, functionality, and quality of life (QoL). METHODS Patients were admitted to a psychiatric unit in a tertiary general hospital in Brazil from June 2011 to December 2013 and included in the study if they met two of the severe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1809-452X,1516-4446
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2014-1643