Clinical and demographic differences between voluntary and involuntary psychiatric admissions in a university hospital in Brazil

• Egile Nagusiak: Tais Michele Minatogawa Chang (Egilea), Luiz Kobuti Ferreira (Egilea), Montezuma Pimenta Ferreira (Egilea), Edson Shiguemi Hirata (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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To assess the frequency of involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations from 2001 to 2008 and to determine associated clinical and socio-demographic characteristics, a retrospective cohort study was conducted. Adult admission data were collected from a university hospital in Brazil. Hospitalizations wer...