Multicenter study on the effects of day care therapy on schizophrenia: A comparison of day care patients with outpatients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-510

  Oka, Kozaburo ^a   Maeda, Masaharu ^a   Hirano, Takayuki ^b   Funahashi, Tatsuhide ^c   Yamada, Sumio ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Hanamaki Hospital   (Japan)

^c Higashiowari National Hospital   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day care therapy; Prospective study; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032782033     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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