A Census of Long-stay Patients in Government Mental Hospitals in India
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A single day census found that long-stay patients (LSP) numbering 7,307 accounted for about 48% of the total inpatient strength of 15,345 in government mental hospitals in India. A load of 2695 (37%) LSP were in two to five years duration of stay, 2782 (38%) were in five to fifteen years duration of stay, and the remaining 1830 (25%) were staying for more than fifteen years. About 11% of LSP were aged sixty years and above, majority (53%) were males, non-voluntary cases constituted 80%. and more than two-thirds (69%) were schizophrenics. The characteristics distributions associated with high rates of LSP at individual hospitals were identified. The load of LSP was decreased by 9% during the period from 1993 to 1999.
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دوره 43 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001