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Patients repeatedly admitted to psychiatric wards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mavis Evans ,
David Rice  and
Christina Routh
David Rice
Affiliation:
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside L63 4JY
Christina Routh
Affiliation:
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside L63 4JY
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Many admissions to general adult psychiatric beds occur as emergencies, either due to social crisis or relapse of psychiatric illness. Other admissions are planned to arrest or reverse deterioration in mental state. Length of stay varies from days to months depending on reason for admission and adequacy of support in the community. Rapid readmission or failed discharge, defined as readmission within three months, has been linked with multiple previous admissions and personality factors (Jones, 1991).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , March 1992 , pp. 157 - 158
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

References

Jones, E. (1991) Audit in psychiatry: “failed discharges”. Psychiatric Bulletin, 15, 26–27.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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