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. 2012 Aug 1;9(3):66-68.
eCollection 2012 Aug.

The 'revolving door': a profile of acute admissions at a South African psychiatric hospital

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The 'revolving door': a profile of acute admissions at a South African psychiatric hospital

Zahir Vally et al. Int Psychiatry. .

Abstract

This paper reports admission rates within the acute service at a major South African tertiary psychiatric facility, Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital (LPH) in Cape Town.

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