Effectiveness and outcomes of assisted outpatient treatment in New York State

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Phelan, Jo C ^a   Sinkewicz, Marilyn ^b   Castille, Dorothy M ^a   Huz, Steven ^d   Link, Bruce G ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 76049109202     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.2.137     Document Type: Article

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