There were more than 1300 cases of people in Scotland being readmitted to mental health hospitals within 28 days of being discharged last year, figures have shown.
Exactly 1331 cases fell into that category – almost one-tenth of the total 14,647 of mental health discharges in 2011.
The Scottish Government statistics were obtained by the Liberal Democrats, who called for action from ministers to tackle the issue.
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