Assertive community treatment in psychiatry

Editorial

Helen Killaspy. BMJ. 2007.

. 2007 Aug 18;335(7615):311-2.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39293.687674.AD.

Abstract

May not reduce inpatient visits, but its success in engaging marginalised patients should not be ignored

Competing interests: None declared.

Use of intensive case management to reduce time in hospital in people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-regression.
Burns T, Catty J, Dash M, Roberts C, Lockwood A, Marshall M. Burns T, et al. BMJ. 2007 Aug 18;335(7615):336. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39251.599259.55. Epub 2007 Jul 13. BMJ. 2007. PMID: 17631513 Free PMC article.

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