Determinants of once-only contact in a community-based psychiatric service

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-56

  Rossi, Alberto ^a,b   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a   Sandri, Marco ^a   Tansella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Low service use; Mental health care; Once only contact; Patterns of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 11244294895     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0845-x     Document Type: Article

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