Predicting the revolving door phenomenon among patients with schizophrenic, affective disorders and non-organic psychoses

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to identify the variables that predict the revolving door phenomenon in psychiatric hospital at the moment of a second admission. METHODS: The sample consisted of 3,093 patients who have been followed during 5 to 24 years after their first hospital admission due t...

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Main Authors: Gastal Fábio L, Andreoli Sérgio B, Quintana Maria Inês S, Gameiro Maurício Almeida, Leite Sérgio O, McGrath John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2000-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102000000300011