Why are community psychiatry services in Australia doing it so hard?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 410-412

  Singh, Bruce S ^a   Castle, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38449108274     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01314.x     Document Type: Review

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