Call for information, call for quality in mental health care
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Call for information, call for quality in mental health care.
The quality of routine mental health care is not optimal, it can vary greatly from region to region and among providers; in many occasions, it does not correspond to the standards of evidence-based mental health. To bridge this gap, the promotion of a systematic use of the information available for quality assurance would be most helpful, but measuring the quality of mental health care is parti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2045-7960,2045-7979
DOI: 10.1017/s2045796012000716