Effects of waiting time on appointment attendance with clinical psychologists and length of treatment

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Loumidis, Konstantinos S ^a   Shropshire, Julia M ^b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care utilisation; Mental health services; Outpatient treatment; Treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGIST;

EID: 0030840671     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700002986     Document Type: Article

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