Stigma and higher rates of psychiatric re-hospitalization: São Paulo public mental health system Estigma e frequências mais altas de re-hospitalização psiquiátrica: o sistema público de saúde mental de São Paulo

Stigma and higher rates of psychiatric re-hospitalization: São Paulo public mental health system Estigma e frequências mais altas de re-hospitalização psiquiátrica: o sistema público de saúde mental de São Paulo

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess re-hospitalization rates of individuals with psychosis and bipolar disorder and to study determinants of readmission. METHODS: Prospective observational study, conducted in São Paulo, Brazil. One hundred-sixty-nine individuals with bipolar and psychotic...

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Main Author: Alexandre Andrade Loch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
esquizofrenia
psicose
saúde mental comunitária
transtornos afetivos
psiquiatria ambulatorial
schizophrenia
psychosis
community mental health
mood disorders
outpatient psychiatry
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