Community treatment orders: An essential therapeutic tool in the face of continuing deinstitutionalization

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 686-688

  O'Reilly, Richard L ^a,b  

^a Regional Mental Health Care ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33750239593     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370605101102     Document Type: Short Survey

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