This article describes a retrospective study of patient readmissions to a psychiatric unit in a large teaching hospital. A cohort of 150 patients was identified and their demographic and clinical characteristics, their reason for admission, and their rehospitalization patterns examined. Patterns of readmission for the cohort do not suggest a "revolving door" syndrome. The role of the psychiatric unit of a general hospital in the rehospitalization of psychotic patients is discussed. © 1986.
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Pablo, R. Y., Kadlec, K. E., & Arboleda-Florez, J. (1986). The readmission of psychotic patients to a general hospital psychiatry unit. General Hospital Psychiatry, 8(3), 190–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/0163-8343(86)90079-4
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