The health literacy of adults with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-

  Krishan, Shaily ^a   Von Esenwein, Silke A ^b   Druss, Benjamin G ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLIGENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84859853092     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20120p397     Document Type: Letter

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