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Psychiatric Hospital Accreditation
Psychiatric Services, 1963the need to transfer him from one ward to another within the unit. All personnel on the unit report to the psychiatrist in charge, although in a sense they have a dual responsibility. They have a clearly defined “line” relationship to the unit psychiatrist, and a staff relationship to the chief of their particular discipline.
Daniel Blain +2 more
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Psychiatric hospitalization in Poland
Social Science & Medicine, 1983An overview of psychiatric hospitalization in Poland is presented in the context of Polish political and socio-cultural developments. The areas addressed include: the characteristics of the patient population; the organization of Polish mental health service; the nature of psychiatric treatment; psychiatric legislation; patients' rights; and the ...
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Psychiatric Hospitalization in Twins
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research, 1984AbstractHospitalization rates of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs in Finland were compared for schizophrenia, neuroses, and alcoholism. Record-linkage of hospital records and death certificates for the years 1972-1979 was carried out for persons in the Finnish Twin Cohort (16,649 like-sexed twin pairs). The ratio of the number of observed
H Langinvainio +4 more
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The Case for Psychiatric Hospitalization
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1974The goal of psychiatric treatment is to restore the patient to a reasonable state of mental health. Hospitalization is often considered to be an unnecessarily expensive component of a total treatment program. In our zeal to reduce expense, many patients for whom hospitalization is indicated are either refused admission or are prematurely discharged ...
Abraham Lurie, Charles J. Rabiner
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Suicide in the psychiatric hospital
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1975The authors note that although the psychiatric hospitals is often used as a means of preventing the suicide of disturbed patients, some hospitalized patients succeed in committing suicide; such as an event is distressing for hospital staffs as well as for patients and families.
Don E. Flinn +2 more
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Overprotection in the psychiatric hospital
The Psychiatric Quarterly, 1963Overprotection is always a danger in hospitals, and psychiatric hospitals are no exception to this. As the psychiatric hospital has become less custodial, more therapeutic and more enlightened, the sources of the danger have shifted. In the past, lack of concern and attention to the patient tended to lead to “institutionalism.” Now, it may arise from ...
Donald A. Schwartz, Ruth Waldron
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Integration of General Hospital Psychiatric Services With Freestanding Psychiatric Hospitals
Psychiatric Services, 1989General medical hospitals and freestanding psychiatric hospitals usually function independently. The authors review the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two settings and suggest a plan for a rational coordination of services. In an efficient integrated system, the general hospital would provide emergency psychiatric services and treat patients ...
Richard J. Goldberg, Barry S. Fogel
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The Length of Psychiatric Hospitalization
Social Problems, 1975This paper examines some of the determinants of the length of psychiatric hospitalization, particularly the severity of psychiatric symptoms and the family's attitude toward the patient. The present study suggests that psychiatric symptoms are more important than family attitude.
Walter R. Gove, Terry Fain
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American Journal of Psychiatry, 1959
The literature on psychiatric day hospitals is reviewed and an account is given of day hospital practice in England in 1956, with respect to types of patients treated and treatment employed. It was found that day hospitals were treating a wide variety of mental illnesses, and that those treatments commonly employed in mental hospitals could also be ...
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The literature on psychiatric day hospitals is reviewed and an account is given of day hospital practice in England in 1956, with respect to types of patients treated and treatment employed. It was found that day hospitals were treating a wide variety of mental illnesses, and that those treatments commonly employed in mental hospitals could also be ...
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Conjugal Psychiatric Hospitalization
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1984A heterosexual couple, both with multiple prior hospitalizations, was hospitalized in the same room at the Douglas Hospital, Montreal. Both patients had previously been extremely difficult to treat. While this approach was instituted with wariness by the ward's staff, the hospitalization proved to be highly beneficial for the couple as well as having ...
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