Gender and treatment comparisons in a cohort of patients with psychiatric diagnoses

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1073-1086

  Nordén, Tommy ^a,b   Ivarsson, Bo ^b,c   Malm, Ulf ^d   Norlander, Torsten ^b  

^a Respiratory Inflammation and Autoimmune   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; Gender; Life satisfaction; Psychiatric patients; Quality star; Social functioning; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052722431     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.8.1073     Document Type: Article

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