Substance abuse and the risk of readmission of people with schizophrenia at Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital, Ethiopia.
Frequent readmissions of people with schizophrenia pose considerable pressure on the psychiatric service provision of Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital. The purpose of the study was to ascertain factors mainly contributing to the rate of readmissions of people with schizophrenia. Descriptive survey metho...
| Publicado en: | Curationis Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 74 - 82 |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
Jun2007
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