Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 62-68, 30 March 2010

First-ever admitted psychiatric inpatients in Italy: Clinical characteristics and reasons contributing to admission:

Findings from a national survey

  • Francesca Guzzetta

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Department, Azienda USL Ravenna, Via Baliatico, 3, Faenza (RA), Italy
    • ,
  • Rossella Miglio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni Santone

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Clinic, United Hospitals of Ancona and Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
    • ,
  • Angelo Picardi

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Unit, Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Bruno Norcio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, ASL Triestina, Trieste, Italy
    • ,
  • Renata Bracco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, ASL Triestina, Trieste, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni de Girolamo

      Affiliations

    • Health Care Research Agency, Emilia-Romagna Region, Viale Aldo Moro, 52, Bologna (Bo), Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. IRCCS St. John of God Clinical Research Centre Via Pilastroni 4, 25128 Brescia, Italy. Tel.: +39 0303501590.
    • ,
  • for the PROGRES-Acute group

Received 8 October 2007; received in revised form 9 November 2008; accepted 11 November 2008.

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 31.50 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.

PII: S0165-1781(08)00409-5

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2008.11.005

Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 62-68, 30 March 2010

Article Tools