PMID- 27096409 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161214 LR - 20220311 IS - 1809-452X (Electronic) IS - 1516-4446 (Print) IS - 1516-4446 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 2 DP - 2016 Apr 19 TI - Outcomes of inpatients with severe mental illness: a naturalistic descriptive study. PG - 141-7 LID - 10.1590/1516-4446-2014-1643 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the response and predictors of remission during inpatient treatment in a psychiatric unit in a general hospital based on symptomatology, functionality, and quality of life (QoL). METHODS: Patients were admitted to a psychiatric unit in a tertiary general hospital in Brazil from June 2011 to December 2013 and included in the study if they met two of the severe mental illness (SMI) criteria: Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) /= 2 years. Patients were assessed by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) Severity Scale , GAF, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument - Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-Bref), and specific diagnostic scales. RESULTS: A total of 239 patients were included. BPRS mean scores were 25.54+/-11.37 at admission and 10.96+/-8.11 at discharge (p < 0.001). Patients with manic episodes (odds ratio: 4.03; 95% confidence interval: 1.14-14.30; p = 0.03) were more likely to achieve remission (CGI