A brief mental health outcome scale: Relationships between scale scores and diagnostic/sociodemographic variables in the long-term mentally ill

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Coffey, M ^a   Jones, S H ^b   Thornicroft, G ^b  

^a SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community; Diagnosis; Functioning; Rating; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030115815     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1996.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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