Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United States

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 898-907

  Olfson, Mark ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^b   Sampson, Nancy A ^c   Hwang, Irving ^c   Druss, Benjamin ^d   Wang, Philip S ^e   Wells, Kenneth B ^f   Pincus, Harold Alan ^g   Kessler, Ronald C ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650246586     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.7.898     Document Type: Article

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