Establishing and operating an early intervention service for psychosis in a defined catchment area of northwestern Greece within the context of the local mental health network

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-217

  Mantas, Christos ^a   Mavreas, Venetsanos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Early intervention; First episode psychosis; Mental health network; Mobile mental health unit; Rural health service

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84859912415     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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