Four-year follow-up of long-stay patients settled in the community after closure of italy's psychiatric hospitals

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1198-1202

  Furlan, Pier Maria ^a   Zuffranieri, Marco ^a   Stanga, Ferruccio ^a   Ostacoli, Luca ^a   Patta, Jessica ^a   Picci, Rocco L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 69949099078     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.9.1198     Document Type: Article

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