Continuity of care and health outcomes among persons with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1061-1069

  Adair, Carol E ^a,b   McDougal, Gerald M ^a   Mitton, Craig R ^c   Joyce, Anthony S ^d   Wild, T Cameron ^d   Gordon, Alan ^d   Costigan, Norman ^d   Kowalsky, Laura ^e   Pasmeny, Gloria ^e   Beckie, Anora ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Alberta Mental Health Board ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALBERTA CONTINUITY OF SERVICES SCALE FOR MENTAL HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 24644458792     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1061     Document Type: Article

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