Hospitals, Psychiatric
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy.

29 Sep 2009 Violence committed by acute psychiatric inpatients represents an important and challenging problem in clinical practice. Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment information were collected for 1324 patients (677 men and 647 women) admitted to ... Read more...

Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT.

29 Sep 2009 There are several methodological difficulties to address when evaluating acute psychiatric services. This study explored potential methods in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards in a pilot patient ... Read more...

Nigerian medical students attitudes to unmodified electroconvulsive therapy.

30 Aug 2009 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective and affordable form of treatment for a range of psychiatric disorders. Historical antecedents, the media, and movies have generated myths about its continued use and relevance. OBJECTIVES: We explored ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hospitals, Psychiatric'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT. 29 Sep 2009
• [Remembering Béla Mária (1903-1975)] 28 Sep 2009
• Invisible wounds from the Congo war. 13 Sep 2009
• Nigerian medical students attitudes to unmodified electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• [Development of German child and adolescent psychiatry and the Marburg clinic] 30 Aug 2009
• Risk factors of scabies in psychiatric and long-term care hospitals: a nationwide mail-in survey in Japan. 30 Aug 2009
• Testing for HIV-1 infection in a public developmental center. 30 Aug 2009
• [The therapeutic bar, a social space for rehabilitation] 30 Aug 2009
• Telephone case management reduces both distress and psychiatric hospitalization. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychosis as a risk factor for violence to others: a meta-analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of antipsychotic treatments on the motivation to eat: preliminary results in 153 schizophrenic patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Service users' experiences of a therapeutic group programme in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit. 30 Jul 2009
• Hydrotherapy in state mental hospitals in the mid-twentieth century. 30 Jul 2009
• An unusual case of hospital-acquired infection: Legionella Longbeachae. 30 Jul 2009
• An evaluation of monitoring practices in patients on second generation antipsychotics. 30 Jul 2009
• The picnic. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychoeducation in anxiety disorders: Results of a survey of all psychiatric institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 29 Jul 2009
• No building boom here. Many state psych hospitals have given way to community-based care options. 25 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Hospitals, Psychiatric'

Definition: Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.

Descriptor UI: D006778

Alternative terms: Hospitals, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Hospitals; Hospital, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Hospital; Mental Institutions; Institution, Mental; Institutions, Mental; Mental Institution; Hospitals, Mental; Hospital, Mental; Mental Hospital; Mental Hospitals;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.421.556.508;

Technical Notes: coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog