Cross-sectional study of readmissions to the psychiatric ward of Hospital Estadual Mário Covas in Santo André, state of São Paulo, between 2008 and 2015.

Alexandre Dos Santos WakimBruna De Martino MartellaJoão Mauricio Castaldelli-MaiaFlavia IsmaelDaniel Ryan ZilenovskiCintia de Azevedo Marques Périco

Published in: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy (2019)

The increase in the rate of readmissions over the years suggests that the mental healthcare model may have shortcomings along the chain. It is important to understand the epidemiological profile and chain of events that led to repeated hospitalizations in order to design new strategies and approaches to care so as to keep the patients stabilized.

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