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"We Have No Beds " An Enquiry into the Availability and Use of Acute Psychiatric Beds in The Eastern Health Board Region

Author: Keogh, Fiona; Roche, Anne; Walsh, Dermot

Publication Year: 1999

Contents

Historical background
Literature review
Methodology
Characteristics of the EHB population and psychiatric services
Results I: Bed occupancy study
Results II: Census of patients in acute psychiatric beds
Results III: Prospective study of admissions
Qualitative interviews
Discussion and conclusions
Recommendations
Examples of calculation of need for national mental health programmes (from WHO)
Study schedules
Method for calculating standardised scores
Listing for a comprehensive psychiatric service
References

Format Weblink
Keywords psychiatric care
Publisher HRB
Classification psychiatric care
Edition First
ISBN 0-9517193-5-1
Pages 151
Categories: Irish Content, Books
External Link http://www.lenus.ie/hse/handle/10147/344437
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