Evaluation of social disablement, psychiatric symptoms and autonomy in long-stay psychiatric patients Avaliação do comportamento social, sintomas psiquiátricos e autonomia em pacientes psiquiátricos de longa permanência

BACKGROUND: Data on prevalence of social disablement, psychiatric symptoms and independent living skills in long-stay psychiatric patients are scarce in Brazil. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was carried out on a population of 881 long-stay psychiatric patients. METHOD: Data were collected from...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Abelha, Manuel Desviat Muñoz, Sylvia Gonçalves, Paulo Fagundes, Denise Rebouças Barbosa, Letícia Fortes Legay, Giovanni Lovisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-01-01
Series:Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832006000100002