The quality of life of the mentally ill living in residential facilities: Findings from a national survey in Italy

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 372-381

  Picardi, Angelo ^a   Rucci, Paola ^b   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^a,c   Santone, Giovanni ^d   Borsetti, Gabriele ^d   Morosini, Pierluigi ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Residential facilities; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 33748700818     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-006-0647-5     Document Type: Article

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