Assertive community treatment in veterans affairs settings: Impact on adherence to antipsychotic medication

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 445-451

  Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Ganoczy, Dara ^a   Bowersox, Nicholas W ^a,b   Dixon, Lisa B ^d,e   Miller, Richard ^c   Visnic, Stephanie ^a   Slade, Eric P ^f  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Our Lady of Fatima Hospital   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84883099824     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100543     Document Type: Article

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