Ethnic diversity and equality of access to specialist therapeutic community treatment for severe personality disorder

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 453-456

  Geragthy, Rosalind ^a,b   Warren, Fiona ^c  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Henderson Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0348038777     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.27.12.453     Document Type: Article

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