OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical and demographic correlates of prolonged hospital stays in a cohort of Nigerian psychiatric in-patients. METHODS The investigation covered a 5 year period of psychiatric inpatient admissions at a Nigerian general hospital psychiatric and the records of 584 admitted and discharged patients that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were analyzed. Data were colle...

OBJECTIVE Information concerning the treatment costs of schizophrenia is scarce in People's Republic of China. The aims of this study were to quantify health care resource utilization and to estimate the direct medical costs for patients with schizophrenia in Tianjin, People's Republic of China. METHODS Data were obtained from the Tianjin Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI) databas...

Substance misuse is usually associated with poorer psychiatric medication adherence among psychiatric patients. Identifying predictors of medication adherence among patients with dual psychiatric and substance misuse problems is important because poor adherence is associated with relapse and re-hospitalization. The subjects were patients newly admitted to a psychiatric outpatient program who we...

Objectives: Patients with schizophrenia receive psychiatric medications for many years, and their comorbid profile in old age remains unclear. Moreover, their pattern of non-psychiatric medicine use is of importance. Rehabilitation is crucial in patients with schizophrenia because it improves their strengths and life skills to live independently. These issues are essential in terms of polypharm...

This experiment compared the effectiveness of an unlocked, mental health consumer-managed, crisis residential program (CRP) to a locked, inpatient psychiatric facility (LIPF) for adults civilly committed for severe psychiatric problems. Following screening and informed consent, participants (n = 393) were randomized to the CRP or the LIPF and interviewed at baseline and at 30-day, 6-month, and ...

INTRODUCTION A century ago, Kraepelin stated that the distinctive feature of schizophrenia was progressive deterioration. Kraepelin criteria for schizophrenia are: (1) continuous hospitalization or complete dependence on others for obtaining basic necessities of life, (2) unemployment and (3) no remission for the past five years. We aimed to determine the clinical appearance and structural biol...

Rumah Sakit Jiwa Aceh (RSJ) is the only referral psychiatric hospital in Province. The most diagnosed disease RSJ Schizophrenia with an average length of stay 2018 59.76 days. classified into severe mental illness due to its chronicity. one indicator quality health services. Other indicators are effectiveness services and compliance clinical pathways. Clinical pathway functions as a means both ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of schizophrenia is known to be greater in urban than in rural areas. Less studied are differences between the patients themselves and, more specifically, their use of psychiatric services. METHOD The prevalence of schizophrenia was determined in rural Nithsdale in Scotland and urban Nunhead and Norwood in South London. Information about patients' psychiatric history...