A pilot investigation of the relationship between community treatment orders and hospital utilization rates

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-505

  Kallapiran, Kannan ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Anoop ^a,b   Lewin, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hunter Valley Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

commitment; community mental health; Community Treatment Order; involuntary outpatient mental health service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 78649859775     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2010.499945     Document Type: Article

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