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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Main Authors: Fernando Venturini, Eduardo C. de Moura, Paula A. Bastos, Lourdes C. Martins, Yara D. Fragoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2017-12-01
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