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Estimating levels of disturbed behaviour among psychiatric in-patients using a general linear model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

N. Bouras ,
Clair Chilvers  and
J. P. Watson
N. Bouras*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London
Clair Chilvers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London
J. P. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr N. Bouras, Department of Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London SE1 9RT.
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Synopsis

Disturbed behaviour was studied in relation to two contrasting ward environments, one representing the ‘medical model’ of psychiatry and the other being a modified form of ‘therapeutic community’. A mathematical model was used in order to identify the characteristics of disturbed patients. The results suggested that behavioural disturbance of a patient in our sample was related to diagnosis, to the ward of admission and to the length of stay in hospital. Patients in all diagnostic categories tended to be more disturbed in the ‘therapeutic community’ than in the ‘medical model’ ward.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 439 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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