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Patients repeatedly admitted to psychiatric wards
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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Many admissions to general adult psychiatric beds occur as emergencies due to social crisis or relapse of psychiatric illness. Other admissions are planned to arrest or reverse deterioration. Length of stay varies depending on reason for admission and adequacy of support in the community. Rapid readmission or failed discharge, defined as readmission within three months, has been linked with multiple previous admissions and personality factors (Jones, 1991).
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