The purpose of the psychiatric hospital changed dramatically during the twentieth century.
Formerly the primary location for psychiatric treatment, the hospital now plays a more …

Background For more than 60 years, psychiatric services has gradually gone from an
asylum model to a community model. This change has led to the emergence of a …

This study investigated predictors of length of stay (LOS) for two inpatient psychiatric units (a
crisis stabilization unit and a longer-stay milieu unit) in a large, urban, university-affiliated …

There is a debate on whether Geriatric Psychiatry stands for itself as a discrete specialty or
whether it is an extension of clinical Geriatrics, Neurology, and Psychiatry. This review aims …

OBJECTIVE: In a rapidly aging society, inappropriately long geropsychiatric inpatient
hospitalization is a challenging concern for mental health policy-makers and researchers …

Objective: To determine predictors of hospital length of stay (LOS) for adult and geriatric
patients with mood disorders admitted to inpatient psychiatric beds. Method: Admission and …

Background Given the current tendency to shorten psychiatric hospitalization and change its
organization, an issue could be raised regarding its outcomes. Purpose To analyze features …

Background: Geriatric psychiatry hospital beds are a limited resource. Our aim was to
determine predictors of hospital length of stay (LOS) for geriatric patients with dementia …

Objectives The study sought to identify the variables associated with increased length of stay
on old age psychiatry inpatient wards. It also explored the factors related to delayed …

Recent evidences have emphasized the threat that comanagement of depression and
infection pose to infectious disease physician and psychiatrist. Depressed patients with …