Factors predicting drop-out in community mental health centres

World Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-177

  Reneses, Blanca ^a   Muñoz, Elena ^b   López Ibor, Juan José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community mental health care; Drop out; Use of psychiatric services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70350480835     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00246.x     Document Type: Article

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