This study surveyed all chronic schizophrenic patients from I 1 long-stay wards of a mental hospital. Patients were assessed on a variety of rating scales to assess clinical psychopathology and behaviour. Patients above the age of 65 years were studied in detail and also compared with those under th
Hynonatremia in elderly psychiatric inpatients
β Scribed by Stephen Critchlow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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