Pathways to mental health care in Italy: Results from a multicenter study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 508-513

  Volpe, Umberto ^a   Fiorillo, Andrea ^a   Luciano, Mario ^a   Del Vecchio, Valeria ^a   Palumbo, Claudia ^b   Calò, Salvatore ^b   Piras, Sara ^b   Signorelli, Maria ^b   Filippo, Dario ^b   Piselli, Massimiliano ^b   De Fazio, Pasquale ^b   Gotelli, Simona ^b   Bardicchia, Francesco ^b   Cerveri, Giancarlo ^b   Ferrari, Silvia ^b   Mulè, Alice ^b   Ribolsi, Michele ^b   Sampogna, Gaia ^a   De Rosa, Corrado ^a   Sartorius, Norman ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Pathways to Care Study Group Early Career Psychiatrists Committee of the Italian Psychiatric Association   (Italy)

^c Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community mental health service; General practitioners; Mental health systems; Pathways to care; Primary care; Psychiatric care in Italy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905645521     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013501648     Document Type: Article

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