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A Short-Stay Ward in a Psychiatric Hospital

Effect on the Hospital Caseload

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. A. Martin ,
P. Cermignani  and
G. Voineskos
B. A. Martin*
Affiliation:
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T IR8, University of Toronto
P. Cermignani
Affiliation:
Emergency Services, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
G. Voineskos
Affiliation:
Emergency Services, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry; University of Toronto
*
∗Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 1 , July 1985 , pp. 82 - 87
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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