Psychiatric and Alcoholic Admissions Do Not Occur Disproportionately Close to Patients' Birthdays
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655357 |
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| Authors | Steven M Specht (Lebanon Valley College, corresponding author), Richard Tushup, Richard J Tushup (Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lebanon, PA), Catherine N Deatrick (Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lebanon, PA) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 944-946 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.3.944 |
| PMID | 1454947 |
| OpenAlex | W1970366433 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The relationship between admission dates and patients' birthdays was examined for 200 psychiatric and 200 alcoholic patients from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Chi-squared analyses indicated that admission dates for subjects of both populations did not occur disproportionately close to their birthdays
Psychiatry · Veterans Affairs · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment
| Highly cited | No |
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