THE COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

COLIN M. SMITH and D. G. McKERRACHERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 121, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.121.1.52

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The effect of admitting an unselected group of 90 committed psychiatric patients to an ordinary, open general hospital psychiatric ward was studied. Comparisons with 90 unselected regular patients were made by means of rating scales of behaviour and psychopathology, and by nursing and medical observations. The results are consistent with the belief that a well-trained staff can now manage practically all psychiatric admissions in a general hospital. The implications are discussed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 121 • Number 1 • July 1964

Pages: 52 - 57

PubMed: 14154779

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Published in print: July 1964

Published online: 1 April 2006

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COLIN M. SMITH

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D. G. McKERRACHER

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Deputy Director, Psychiatric Research, Saskatchewan Dept. of Public Health; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Univ. of Saskatchewan

Professor of Psychiatry, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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THE COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

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