Measuring the needs of mental health patients in Greece: Reliability and validity of the Greek version of the Camberwell Assessment of Need

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 662-671

  Stefanatou, Pentagiotissa ^a   Giannouli, Eleni ^a   Konstantakopoulos, George ^a,b   Vitoratou, Silia ^c   Mavreas, Venetsanos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Camberwell Assessment of Need; Greece; mental health services; Needs assessment; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908895464     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013511793     Document Type: Article

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