Quality-of-life issues in mental health care: Past, present, and future

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 35-43

  Basu, Debasish ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Medicine; Mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 25444502584     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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