Stigma and higher rates of psychiatric re-hospitalization: São Paulo public mental health system Estigma e frequências mais altas de re-hospitalização psiquiátrica: o sistema público de saúde mental de São Paulo
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess re-hospitalization rates of individuals with psychosis and bipolar disorder and to study determinants of readmission. METHODS: Prospective observational study, conducted in São Paulo, Brazil. One hundred-sixty-nine individuals with bipolar and psychotic...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2012-06-01
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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=S1516-44462012000200011 |