Epidemiology of psychiatric care of patients with severe mental disorders in Italy. Rationale and design of a prospective study, and characteristics of the cohort

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 298-302

  Terzian, E ^a   Sternai, E ^a   Barbato, A ^a   Tognoni, G ^a   Saraceno, B ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030739321     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00789043     Document Type: Article

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