Disengagement from mental health services: A literature review

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 558-568

  O'Brien, Aileen ^a   Fahmy, Rana ^a   Singh, Swaran P ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disengagement; Dropout; Mental health services; Review

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; GENDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 67649341454     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0476-0     Document Type: Review

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