Involving clients and their relatives and friends in psychiatric care: Case managers' experiences of training in resource group assertive community treatment

PsyCh Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-27

  Nordén, Tommy ^a,b   Eriksson, Anders ^b   Kjellgren, Anette ^b   Norlander, Torsten ^b  

^a Evidens Research and Development Center   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACT; case manager; optimal treatment; RACT; resource group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878135113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20460260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pchj.1     Document Type: Article

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