Does meeting needs improve quality of life?

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Slade, Mike ^a   Leese, Morven ^a   Ruggeri, Mirella ^b   Kuipers, Elizabeth ^a   Tansella, Michele ^b   Thornicroft, Graham ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mental health; Outcome assessment (health care); Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842560446     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076456     Document Type: Article

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