How mental health clinicians view community treatment orders: A national New Zealand survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 836-841

  Romans, Sarah ^a   Dawson, John ^b   Mullen, Richard ^b   Gibbs, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coercion; Legal status; Outpatient commitment; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 6444221154     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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