Severe and persistent mental illness: A useful definition for prioritizing community-based mental health service interventions

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-463

  Parabiaghi, Alberto ^a   Bonetto, Chiara ^a   Ruggeri, Mirella ^a   Lasalvia, Antonio ^a   Leese, Morven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Mental health services; Psychotic disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748870577     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0048-0     Document Type: Article

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