The brief psychiatric rating scale as an acute inpatient outcome measurement tool: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 418-421

  Varner, Roy V ^a,b   Chen, Y Richard ^a   Swann, Alan C ^a   Moeller, Frederick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0033932587     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v61n0605     Document Type: Article

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