Changes in early psychosis service provision: A file audit

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 687-693

  Gorrel, Joanne ^a   Cornish, Alison ^a   Tennant, Chris ^b   Rosen, Alan ^a   Nash, Louise ^b   McKay, Diana ^c   Moss, Beverley ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Far West Mental Health Service Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult and adolescent; Early psychosis; Medical record audit; Mental health service; Psychotic disorders

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4544342960     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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