OBJECTIVE: To analyze the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of admitted
patients and the patterns of their service utilization over a decade from March 1988 to March …

Objective Standardized mortality ratios are twice the population average in the year
following a mental health admission, yet there is a relative paucity of research on uptake of …

A prospective study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry, Fatima Jinnah Medical
College and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, for one year in 1995 to seek …

Background: Some specialists and policy makers advocate progression of the mental health
reform in Israel by transferring beds from psychiatric to general hospitals. Objectives: To …

Background The use of inpatient psychiatric services has been correlated with certain
demographic and clinical variables. However, there is limited information about the impact of …

Objective To analyze the characteristics of patients scheduled for discharge from acute
psychiatric inpatient facilities in Italy, and their pattern of care. Methods Socio-demographic …

The psychiatric inpatients from a defined geographic catchment area of 100,159 were
analysed for the year 1986. The inpatient treated prevalence was 5 per 1,000 of the …

In a study of adminssions to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital from December 1,
1977, to November 30, 1978, data obtained from all 478 admitted patients were analyzed; …

OBJECTIVE: To carry out an audit reviewing the utilization of psychiatric services and types
of disorders presenting to a tertiary care psychiatry hospital in a developing Asian country …

Objective: This paper presents a descriptive study, undertaken in 1993, of a Psychiatric
Intensive Care Unit (PICU) serving a deprived inner-city area, investigating the role of …