From Leros asylum to community-based facilities: Levels of functioning and quality of life among hostel residents in Greece

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-115

  Zissi, Anastasia ^a   Barry, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; GREECE; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030757519     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300204     Document Type: Article

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