Routine use of mental health outcome assessments: Choosing the measure

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 186, Issue FEB., 2005, Pages 146-152

  Salvi, Giovanni ^a,c   Leese, Morven ^b   Slade, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBERWELL ASSESSMENT OF NEED SHORT APPRAISAL SCHEDULE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HEALTH OF THE NATION OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THRESHOLD ASSESSMENT GRID;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13244290155     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.186.2.146     Document Type: Article

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