Geriatric psychiatry home treatment (GHT): A pilot study on outcomes following hospital discharge for depressive and delusional patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-120

  Klug, Günter ^a   Hermann, Gerhard ^a   Fuchs Nieder, Brigitte ^a   Stipacek, Andrea ^a   Zapotoczky, Hans Georg ^a  

^a Association of Mental Health Development   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geriatric psychiatry; Home treatment; Hospital discharge; Mental health; Old age psychiatry; Outreach model; Psychosocial functioning; QoL

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 44449158310     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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