Needs for care from a demand led community psychiatric service: A study of patients with major mental illness

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7046, 1996, Pages 1582-1586

  Murray, Valerie ^a   Walker, Helen W ^a   Mitchell, Caroline ^a   Pelosi, Anthony J ^a  

^a HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029941176     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7046.1582     Document Type: Article

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