Improving access to family support organizations: A member survey of the AMI-Quebec Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1491-1492

  Looper, Karl ^a   Fielding, Allan ^a,b   Latimer, Eric ^a,c   Amir, Ella ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Allan Memorial Institute   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d McGill University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0031765474     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.11.1491     Document Type: Article

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