Determinants of subjective quality of life in patients attending community-based mental health services. The South-Verona outcome project 5

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-140

  Ruggeri, M ^a   Gater, R ^b   Bisoffi, G ^a   Barbui, C ^a   Tansella, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Quality of life; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ITALY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036191250     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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