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

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
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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