Residential facilities as the new scenario of long-term psychiatric care

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-281

  De Girolamo, Giovanni ^a   Bassi, Mariano ^a  

^a Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042848985     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000133830.04049.7b     Document Type: Review

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