A welfare benefits outreach project to users of community mental health services

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 251-263

  Frost Gaskin, Mary ^a   O'Kelly, Rory ^a   Henderson, Claire ^b,c   Pacitti, Richard ^a  

^a MIND in Croydon   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Psychiatry Fellowship   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORK;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0347720745     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003494003     Document Type: Article

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