Satisfaction with services in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives at two community mental health centres

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-303

  Merinder, Lars Bertil ^a   Laugesen, Henning Damgaard ^a   Viuff, Anne Grethe ^b   Espensen, Bodil ^b   Misfelt, Susan ^c   Clemmensen, Karin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Sondersoparken Psychiatric Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community mental health service; Outpatients; Patient satisfaction; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RELATIVE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032878297     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080394899427115     Document Type: Article

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