Needs for care and effectiveness of mental health care provision for schizophrenic patients in two European regions: A comparison between Granada (Spain) and Mannheim (Germany)

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-334

  Salize, H J ^a   Kustner B M ^b   Torres Gonzalez, F ^b   Reinhard, I ^a   Estevez J F J ^b   Rossler W ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b University Hospitals   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community care network; Quality of health care; Schizophrenia; Treatment effectiveness: needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032722781     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10875.x     Document Type: Article

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