Quality of life of persons with severe mental illness living in an intermediate care facility

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 575-581

  Anderson, Rachel L ^a   Lewis, Dan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermediate care facility; Mental health services; Quality of life; Residential care; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034031008     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200004)56:4<575::AID-JCLP11>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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