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Clinical and sociodemographic features associated with the high and prolonged utilization of resources by outpatients of a Community Psychiatric Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Andrea Ferrero ,
Andrea Pierò ,
Francesco Zirilli ,
Antonello Lanteri  and
Secondo Fassino
Andrea Ferrero
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale (DSM), ASL 7 di Chivasso, Centro di Salute Mentale di Chivasso, Via Blatta 10, 10034 Chivasso (Italy) Fax: +39-011-917.6619 E-mail: andrea.piero@unito.it
Andrea Pierò
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale (DSM), ASL 7 di Chivasso, Centro di Salute Mentale di Chivasso, Via Blatta 10, 10034 Chivasso (Italy) Fax: +39-011-917.6619 E-mail: andrea.piero@unito.it Università degli Studi di Torino, SCDU Psichiatria-Centro per i Disturbi Comportamento Alimentare, Torino (Italy)
Francesco Zirilli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale (DSM), ASL 7 di Chivasso, Centro di Salute Mentale di Chivasso, Via Blatta 10, 10034 Chivasso (Italy) Fax: +39-011-917.6619 E-mail: andrea.piero@unito.it
Antonello Lanteri
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale (DSM), ASL 7 di Chivasso, Centro di Salute Mentale di Chivasso, Via Blatta 10, 10034 Chivasso (Italy) Fax: +39-011-917.6619 E-mail: andrea.piero@unito.it
Secondo Fassino
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Torino, SCDU Psichiatria-Centro per i Disturbi Comportamento Alimentare, Torino (Italy)
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 82 - 87
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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