Prevalence and trends of mental disorders requiring inpatient care in the city of Porto Alegre: a citywide study including all inpatient admissions due to mental disorders in the public system from 2013-2017

Abstract Objectives To investigate the 5-year prevalence of patients admitted to public inpatient care units due to a mental disorder, stratifying them by age group and diagnosis, and to assess trends of admissions over this time period in Porto Alegre. Methods All admissions to the public menta...

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Main Authors: Giovanni A. Salum, Loiva dos S Leite, Sara Jane E dos Santos, Gabriel Mazzini, Fernanda L. C. Baeza, Lucas Spanemberg, Sara Evans-Lacko, João Ricardo Sato, Diane M do Nascimento, Thiago Frank, Juliana Pfeil, Natan Katz, Jorge Osório, Paulo Ricardo dos Santos, Eliana da Silva, Christiane Nunes, Kelma Nunes Soares, Ângela Maria Grando Machado, Tatiana Breyer, Márcio Rodrigues, Adriani Galão, Gledis Lisiane Motta, Silvia Schuch, Eduardo Osório, Cláudia Rodrigues, Pablo de Lannoy Sturmer, Erno Harzheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892020000100086&lng=en&tlng=en