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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"psychiatric admission"”.
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Outcomes of preadolescent children after inpatient psychiatric admission: a scoping review and qualitative study
… health disorders are, however, admitted for psychiatric inpatient care. The majority of those are adolescents who present with emerging serious mental health disorders. Very little is known about inpatient admission of preadolescent children (under 13 years) with mental health disorders. A …
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An exploration of the experiences of being involved with psychiatric services and psychiatric admission for individuals with psychosis: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… user feedback has indicated the experience of psychiatric admission can be felt to be neither safe nor therapeutic (Department of Health, 2002). There has been lack of qualitative research exploring individuals’ experiences of psychiatric admission in the context of acute psychosis. Aims: The …
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Observational analysis study on the influence of the physical hospital environment on aggressive behaviour and the management thereof in an adult acute psychiatric admission unit
Aggression is a complex phenomenon that is influenced by a range of factors including individual patient factors, social-interactive factors and envirnmental factors. Many studies have tried and failed to demonstrate that changes such as physical environmental change, intensive case management, …
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The association between length of emergency department boarding and hospital length of stay for patients with mental health and behavioural disorders
Background Psychiatric boarding in Emergency Departments is a global challenge. Patients with mental and behavioural disturbances are disproportionally affected with boarding times up to three times longer than other patients. This retrospective cross-sectional study investigated the impact of an …
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Patient factors that predict admission to an emergency psychiatric unit following deliberate self-harm in an urban hospital in South Africa
… is known about the factors associated with psychiatric admission following an act of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in South Africa. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the sociodemographic and clinical factors which differentiated DSH patients who were admitted to an emergency …
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Leader and advocate perceptions of disproportionate homelessness among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health issues in New York : a qualitative study
… them. When an individual is admitted to a psychiatric unit from home or a residential environment, based on the behaviors exhibited, that individual is never discharged back to their previous setting. The not-for-profit residences that provide services are currently not adequately staffed …
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An Investigation of Male Observation Cases That Had Been Charged With Murder to Compare Those Diagnosed With Schizophrenia to Those Diagnosed With Bipolar or Schizoaffective Disorders
… groups (67.57%). The majority of patients had a psychiatric admission prior to the index offence (62.16%). The modal duration of illness for schizophrenia prior to the index offence was less than one year (37.5%) and more than ten years for bipolar/SCAD patients (57.14%). Comorbid personality …