Problems in the Interpretation of Trends in the Population Movement of the Public Mental Hospitals
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An analysis of trends in the number of resident patients, admissions, releases, and deaths in the public mental hospitals of the nation and-of each state during the period 1945-1955 to indicate the inadequacy of currently available data for evaluating change in the size of these hospital populations and the complexity of the problems of assessing the effect of tranquilizers on patient movement.
Abstract
Problems in the Interpretation of Trends in the Population Movement of the Public Mental Hospitals Morton Kramer, and Earl S. Pollack CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.48.8.1003 Published Online: August 29, 2011