Does additional care provided by a consumer self-help group improve psychiatric outcome? A study in an italian community-based psychiatric service

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-720

  Burti, Lorenzo ^a,b   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a   Ambrosi, Marta ^a   Bonetto, Chiara ^a   Cristofalo, Doriana ^a   Ruggeri, Mirella ^a   Tansella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Division of Nephrology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Costs and cost analysis; Patient outcome assessment; Self help groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SELF HELP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 27944450813     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6428-1     Document Type: Article

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