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Towards Chronic Mental Illness

Patients Staying in Hospital for more than Six Months

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alex G. Mezey  and
Eileen Evans
Alex G. Mezey
Affiliation:
North Middlesex Hospital, London, N.18; and Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex
Eileen Evans
Affiliation:
North Middlesex Hospital, London, N.18
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Extract

The aim of this study was to examine the factors leading to prolonged stay in hospital of patients admitted with mental disorder. It is part of a larger investigation on the interaction between the services provided for the same area by the psychiatric hospital and the psychiatric unit in the general hospital.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 516 , November 1968 , pp. 1399 - 1405
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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