Effectiveness of community treatment orders for treatment of schizophrenia with oral or depot antipsychotic medication: Changes in problem behaviours and social functioning

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1077-1083

  Muirhead, David ^a   Harvey, Carol ^a,b   Ingram, Graham ^a  

^a North West Area Mental Health Service ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community care; Community mental health; Involuntary outpatient commitment; Mental health service; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449341700     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903179103     Document Type: Article

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