The role of a critical time intervention on the experience of continuity of care among persons with severe mental illness after hospital discharge

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-70

  Tomita, Andrew ^a   Herman, Daniel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity of care; critical time intervention; homelessness; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL TIME INTERVENTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920719434     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000224     Document Type: Article

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