Health of the nation outcome scales. Results of the Victorian field trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue MAY, 1999, Pages 380-388

  Trauer, Tom ^a   Callaly, Tom ^b   Hantz, Paul ^b   Little, John ^b   Shields, Roberts B ^b   Smith, Jenny ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032928885     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.5.380     Document Type: Article

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