Profile and costs involved in long-term compulsory hospitalization of psychiatric patients
Objective: Involuntary hospitalization for acute psychiatry cases can be acceptable when there is potential harm. However, there are few reasons for a patient committed on these grounds to stay in an institution for a long period. The objective of the present study was to identify the profile and co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2017-12-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017005021104&lng=en&tlng=en |