Guidelines for treating mental illness: Love them, hate them. Can the SIEP-DIRECT'S Project serve in the search for a happy medium?

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-277

  Ruggeri, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Community mental health services; Outcome assessment; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 55349105133     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00000087     Document Type: Article

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