Does supported accommodation improve the clinical and social outcomes for people with severe psychiatric disability? The Project 300 experience

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 586-592

  Meehan, Tom ^a   Stedman, Terry ^a   Robertson, Samantha ^a   Drake, Suzanne ^b   King, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical; Outcomes; Social; Supported accommodation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959874647     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.559634     Document Type: Article

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