Hospitalization due to drug use did not change after a decade of the Psychiatric Reform

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the psychiatric hospitalization rates due to use of psychoactive substances and average time of hospitalization suffered any changes after the first decade of effective implementation of the psychiatric reform in Brazil. METHODS This article examines the...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Dido Balbinot, Rogério Lessa Horta, Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa, Renata Brasil Araújo, Simone Poletto, Marina Bressaneli Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102016000200403&lng=en&tlng=en