Reassessing treatment environments after two decades: Client and staff perceptions of an italian community mental health service environment, then and now

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-210

  Burti, Lorenzo ^a,b   Andreone, Nicola ^a   Mazzi, Mariangela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Health facility environment; Health services research; Italian health care reform

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; STAFF;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 3343002029     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COMH.0000026994.99157.c9     Document Type: Article

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