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Personality and personal history differences between day hospital and ward patients

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Criteria for deciding “Who shall be admitted?” are exceedingly difficult to pin down. This comparison of 30 ward patients with 16 day hospital patients demonstrates the need for making intake selection policies more explicit and suggests the feasibility thereof.

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  1. Robert Plutchik Ph.D.
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This paper is from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Bronx State Hospital, where Dr. Plutchik serves as director of the Evaluation Research Program.

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Plutchik, R. Personality and personal history differences between day hospital and ward patients. Psych Quar 45, 509–517 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563212

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