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Illness behaviour and rehospitalization in bipolar affective disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Peter R. Joyce
Peter R. Joyce*
Affiliation:
Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr Peter R. Joyce, Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Synopsis

Fifty hospitalized patients with bipolar affective disorder were interviewed on discharge from hospital. Over the subsequent 12 months, 36 of these patients were readmitted to hospital. Compared with the remainder, those readmitted had had more past hospital admissions and on interview were rated as being less able to recognize and respond to early symptoms of relapse and were less accepting of medication.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 521 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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