Using the Resident Assessment Instrument-Mental Health (RAI-MH) to determine levels of care for individuals with serious mental illness

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-70

  Gibbons, Carrie ^b   Dubois, Sacha ^a,b,c   Ross, Stephanie ^b   Parker, Barbara ^e   Morris, Kelly ^b,f   Lim, Therese ^b   Bédard, Michel ^a,b,c,d  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Level of care (LOC); RAI MH; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 38849116949     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-007-9088-9     Document Type: Article

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