Assessing the efficacy of a modified assertive community-based treatment programme in a developing country

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Botha, Ulla A ^a   Koen, Liezl ^a   Joska, John A ^b   Hering, Linda M ^c   Oosthuizen, Piet P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Associated Psychiatric Hospitals   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956507902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-73     Document Type: Article

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