Assertive community treatment and the physical health needs of persons with severe mental illness: Issues around integration of mental health and physical health

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Shattell, Mona M ^a   Donnelly, Natasha ^b   Scheyett, Anna ^c   Cuddeback, Gary S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT PACT; community mental health services; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952291636     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390310393737     Document Type: Article

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