Quality of life and other characteristics of Viennese mental health care users

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-69

  Lang, Andrea ^a   Steiner, Egbert ^a   Berghofer, Gerlinde ^a   Henkel, Helga ^a   Schmitz, Margot ^a   Schmidi, Friedrich ^a   Rudas, Stephan ^a  

^a Psychosoziale Dienste in Wien   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalisation; Psychiatric patients; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS;

AUSTRIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0036228695     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076402128783091     Document Type: Article

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