Do community treatment orders for mental illness reduce readmission to hospital?: An epidemiological study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 574-579

  Burgess, Philip ^a   Bindman, Jonathan ^c   Leese, Morven ^b   Henderson, Claire ^b   Szmukler, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compulsory community treatment; Involuntary outpatient treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARANOID DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 33748768968     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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