mental health and substance abuse hospital
- Guideline or reference source
- WHO Glossary
- Definition
- a licensed establishment primarily engaged in providing diagnostic and medical treatment, and monitoring services to in-patients who suffer from mental illness or substance abuse disorders. The treatment often requires an extended stay in an in-patient setting including hostelling and nutritional facilities. Psychiatric, psychological, and social work services are available at the facility. These hospitals usually provide other services, such as out-patient care, clinical laboratory tests, diagnostic X-rays, and electroencephalography services.
- Broader Term
- hospital
- Related Term
- general hospital
- speciality hospital
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