The medical-psychiatry unit. A pilot study of conjoint care within an Irish general hospital.
The establishment of medical-psychiatry units within the general hospital is an important advancement for psychiatry and has met with favorable response within the American health care system. A brief account is given here of the piloting of such a unit within an Irish hospital, and the merits of this strategy are discussed.
Buckley
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Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
Freyne
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Walshe
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D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales