General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 269-274 , July 2005

Predicting community tenure in patients with recurrent utilization of a psychiatric emergency service

  • Ronny Bruffaerts, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 1634 8701; fax: +32 1634 8700.
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  • Marc Sabbe, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • Koen Demyttenaere, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Received 18 January 2005 ,Revised 29 March 2005 ,Accepted 5 April 2005.

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PII: S0163-8343(05)00059-9

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.04.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 269-274 , July 2005

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