The quality of life among persons with severe mental illness enrolled in an assertive community treatment program in Japan: 1-year follow-up and analyses

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Horiuchi, Kentaro ^a   Nisihio, Masaaki ^a   Oshima, Iwao ^b   Ito, Junichiro ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroo ^c   Tsukada, Kazumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b The Japan University of Social Work   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 33747590353     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-2-18     Document Type: Article

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