Quality of life as an evaluative measure in assessing the impact of community care on people with long-term psychiatric disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue FEB., 1996, Pages 210-216

  Barry, Margaret M ^a   Crosby, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030049402     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.2.210     Document Type: Article

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