Does engagement with an intensive outreach service predict better treatment outcomes in 'high-risk' youth?

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-184

  Schley, Carsten ^a   Yuen, Kally ^a   Fletcher, Karen ^a   Radovini, Alessandra ^b  

^a THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment; Assertive outreach; Early intervention; Engagement; Intensive case management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE MOBILE YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859896367     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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