Current approaches to identifying the severely mentally ill

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 177-184

  Slade, M ^a   Powell, R ^b   Strathdee, G ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Sainsbury Center for Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST OF ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030991861     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00788236     Document Type: Article

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