Assessing the effectiveness of recovery-oriented ACT in reducing state psychiatric hospital use

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-311

  Morrissey, Joseph P ^a,b   Domino, Marisa E ^b   Cuddeback, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84879968752     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200095     Document Type: Article

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