Compulsory admission to a Portuguese psychiatric hospital: retrospective study of 497 involuntary admissions
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Compulsory admission to a Portuguese psychiatric hospital: retrospective study of 497 involuntary admissions
Results Males accounted for 66% of the compulsory detentions, and the patient's age at the majority of admissions was between 35 and 44 years. The majority of admissions (56%) involved single persons, which were either unemployed (43%) or retired (30%). The majority of patients (63%) came from their home and were accompanied by the police (62%) and/or by their families (27%), due to aggressive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-7-s1-p2