The severely mentally ill in residential facilities: A national survey in Italy

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-431

  de Girolamo, Giovanni ^a,f   Picardi, Angelo ^a   Santone, Giovanni ^b   Falloon, Ian ^c   Morosini, Pierluigi ^a   Fioritti, Angelo ^d   Micciolo, Rocco ^e   Argentino, P ^f   Casacchia, M ^f   Ciliberti, P ^f   Civenti, G ^f   Colotto, A ^f   Dell'Acqua, G ^f   Di Munzio, W ^f   Fagnano, G ^f   Longhin, N ^f   Miceli, M ^f   Nicotera, M ^f   Pisetta, M ^f   Putzolu, R ^f   Rossi, E ^f   Rotunno, M E ^f   Borsetti, G ^f   Semisa, D ^f   Tomasi, R ^f   Tulli, P ^f   Zanalda, E ^f   Barbini, C ^f   Basile, F ^f   Bazzacco, G ^f   Bracco, R ^f   Calvarese, A ^f   Canuso, G ^f   Caroppo, E ^f   Caserta, L ^f   Colangione, M ^f   Damiani, S ^f   De Donatis, T ^f   Di Donato, F ^f   Di Michele, V ^f   Esposito, R ^f   Facchini, M ^f   Ferraro, S ^f   Fracchiolla, P ^f   Gabriele, P ^f   Gallicchio, D ^f   Giardina, G ^f   Greco, A ^f   Grilletti, F ^f   Guzzo, S ^f   Lerario, A M ^f   Marinelli, M R ^f   Marino, C ^f   Monzani, E ^f   Picco, F ^f   Pinciaroli, L ^f   Rossetti, C A ^f   Rubatta, P ^f   Santone, G ^f   Scorpiniti, F ^f   Scrofani, V ^f   Stefani, M ^f   Svettini, A ^f   Zaffarano, A ^f   Cellini, M ^f   Galli, A ^f   Pesaresi, K ^f   Pitzalis, G ^f   Tarantino, L ^f   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d AUSL Rimini   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^f Department of Mental Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 20144367588     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704003502     Document Type: Article

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