The Need of Support and Service Questionnaire (NSSQ): A brief scale to assess needs in clients with long-term mental disabilities

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 465-472

  Jansson, Lennart ^a,b   Wennström, Erik ^b   Wiesel, Frits Axel ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Mental disability; Needs assessment; Questionnaires; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL WORK;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29144451925     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480500360716     Document Type: Article

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