Health service costs and clinical gains of psychotherapy for personality disorders: A randomized controlled trial of day-hospital-based step-down treatment versus outpatient treatment at a specialist practice

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kvarstein, Elfrida H ^a   Arnevik, Espen ^b   Halsteinli, Vidar ^b   Rø, Frida G ^c   Karterud, Sigmund ^a,b   Wilberg, Theresa ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health service costs; Personality disorders; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAY HOSPITAL BASED TREATMENT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENT SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887879007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-315     Document Type: Article

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