Listening to patients' needs to improve their subjective quality of life

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1655-1665

  Lasalvia, Antonio ^a   Bonetto, Chiara ^a   Malchiodi, Francesca ^a   Salvi, Giovanni ^a   Parabiaghi, Alberto ^a   Tansella, Michelle ^a   Ruggeri, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 27244442373     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005611     Document Type: Article

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