The assessment of psychological symptoms of patients referred to community mental health teams: Distress, chronicity and life interference

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-27

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Allan, S ^b   Nicholls, W ^b   Olsen, K ^b  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 14044272834     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.426     Document Type: Article

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