Something for everyone: Employment interventions in psychotic illness

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 277-279

  Killackey, Eóin ^a,b,c  

^a ORYGEN Research Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 53849105782     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2008.00327.x     Document Type: Review

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