Deconstructing the 'black box' of the Camberwell assessment of need score in mental health services evaluation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 714-719

  Wennström, Erik ^a   Berglund, Lars ^a   Lindbäck, Johan ^a   Wiesel, Frits Axel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mental health care; Needs assessment; Outcomes measures; Services evaluation; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CARE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 50849134621     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0354-9     Document Type: Article

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