Taking it to the street: A psychiatric outreach service in Canada

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 737-746

  Farrell, Susan J ^a   Huff, James ^a   MacDonald, Sue Ann ^a   Middlebro, Alison ^a   Walsh, Steven ^a  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Psychiatric outreach service model

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 27944437025     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6430-7     Document Type: Review

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