Law 180 after 30 years - Reflections on unmet needs and risks of loss of identity for Italian psychiatrists: Letter to the editor

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 501-502

  Carlo Altamura, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DISABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; IDENTITY; ITALY; LAW; LETTER; LOSS OF IDENTITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 70449393706     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01437.x     Document Type: Letter

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