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Readmitted nonpsychotic patients and their eventual diagnoses. A retrospective study on 64 first-timers of inpatient care in the Psychiatric Clinic of Turku, Finland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

JA Korkeila*
Affiliation:
University Psychiatric Clinic, Turku City Hospital and Department of Psychiatry
H Karlsson
Affiliation:
University Psychiatric Clinic, Turku City Hospital and Department of Psychiatry
H Kujari
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
*
Correspondence and reprints: Bryggmaninkatu 1 C 5, FIN-20740, Turku, Finland
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Summary

This longitudinal study was performed to characterise frequently readmitted patients in a sample of 64 first-timers of inpatient care. Half of the 12 revolving door patients were psychotic at last discharge. The relative risk for diagnostic change in the Axis I group was nine times higher than in the personality disorder group.

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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1998

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