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
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  • Rossella Miglio

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, ASL Triestina, Trieste, Italy
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  • 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.
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  • for the PROGRES-Acute group

Received 8 October 2007 ,Revised 9 November 2008 ,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.11.005

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

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