Who is a heavy service user? Preliminary development of a screening instrument for prospective consumers of a mobile intensive treatment team

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 744-750

  Abbott, Suzie ^a   Smith, Suzanne ^a   Clarke, Robert ^a   Curson, Cathy ^a   De Souza Gomes, Janice ^a   Heslop, Karen ^a   Trainer, Elizabeth ^a   Yellowlees, Peter ^b,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heavy service user; Multidisciplinary; Screening instrument

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030685073     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679709062689     Document Type: Article

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