Long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in Southern Brazil Pacientes de longa permanência em um hospital psiquiátrico no sul do Brasil

• Egile Nagusiak: Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck (Egilea), Luciane Wagner (Egilea), Mário Wagner (Egilea), Miriam Dias (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Universidade de São Paulo, 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic profile, social functioning, and quality of life of a population of long-stay care patients in a psychiatric hospital. METHODS: A study was carried out in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, in 2002. A total of 584 (96%) long-stay patients were assessed by means of...