Duration of assertive community treatment and the interpretation of routine outcome data

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-248

  Kortrijk, Hans E ^a,b   Mulder, Cornelis L ^a,c   Drukker, Marjan ^d   Wiersma, Durk ^e   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^c  

^a BAVO Europoort   (Netherlands)

^b Delta Psychiatric Centre   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assertive community treatment; Routine outcome monitoring; treatment duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH OF THE NATION OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863852323     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411433214     Document Type: Article

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