title: [Indicators of social support in psychiatric patients admitted to a brief hospitalization unit].
abstract: This study constitutes an attempt to analyze the relationship between different characteristics of social support and mental illness. The subjects of the retrospective study were 164 consecutive admissions to the Short Hospitalization Unit of Area 3 during 1989, aged 15-65, who met ICD-9 diagnosis criteria for: Affective Disorders, Schizophrenic Psychosis, Psychogenic psychosis, and Alcoholic Dependence. Social Support was assessed using different characteristics of family system (marriage, familiar network size, level of expressed emotion), social network, and instrumental functioning.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Hospitalización Breve, Area 3, S.R.S., Madrid.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bravo Ortiz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Indicadores de soporte social en pacientes psiquiátricos ingresados en una unidad de hospitalización breve.