The social adjustment of people with severe mental illness in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Gulinelli, André ^a   Ratto, Lilian R C ^a,b   Menezes, Paulo Rossi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Integrated Attention Center on Mental Health (CAISM)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cross sectional studies; Interview, psychological; Mental disorders; Mental health services; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 31544471427     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: 15164446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462005000400010     Document Type: Article

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