Use of community treatment orders to prevent psychiatric hospitalization

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 732-739

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community treatment orders; Involuntary treatment; Least restrictive alternative to hospitalization; Outpatient commitment; Preventing hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PARANOIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 47949129225     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802206312     Document Type: Article

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