Dropout, early termination and detachment from a public psychiatric clinic

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-50

  Shamir, David ^a   Szor, Henri ^a   Melamed, Yuval ^b,c  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Discontinuation of treatment; Dropout; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957659389     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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