Failure to improve appropriateness of referrals to adult community mental health services-lessons from a multi-site cluster randomized controlled trial

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-190

  Slade, Mike ^a   Gask, Linda ^b   Leese, Morven ^a   Mccrone, Paul ^a   Montana, Carolyn ^b   Powell, Robin ^c   Stewart, Mairi ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Park Royal Centre for Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Primary care; Primary secondary interface; Referral

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47049117910     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn025     Document Type: Article

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