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The Italian version of HoNOS (Health of the Nation Outcome Scales), a scale for evaluating the outcomes and the severity in mental health services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Antonio Lora*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell 'Azienda Ospedaliera di Vimercate, Vimercate (MI)
Gabriella Bai
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell'Azienda Ospedaliera di Legnano, Legnano (MI)
Stefania Bianchi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell 'Azienda Ospedaliera di Busto Arsizio, Busto Arsizio (MI)
Giorgio Bolongaro
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell 'Azienda Ospedaliera di Busto Arsizio, Busto Arsizio (MI)
Graziella Civenti
Affiliation:
Direzione Generate Sanità - Regione Lombardia
Arcadio Erlicher
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell'Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano
Gemma Maresca
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell'Azienda Ospedaliera S. Carlo, Milano
Emiliano Monzani
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell'Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano
Barbara Panetta
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell'Azienda Ospedaliera S. Paolo, Milano
Daniele Von Morgen
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell'Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano
Franco Rossi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Economia Sanitaria
Valter Torri
Affiliation:
Unità di Biometria, Istituto M.Negri, Milano
Pierluigi Morosini
Affiliation:
Istituto Superiore di Sanitá
*
Indirizzo per la corrispondenza: Dr. A. Lora, Unità Operativa di Psichiatria di Desio, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale Azienda Ospedaliera di Vimercate, Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura di Desio, Ospedale di Desio - Piazza Benefattori, 20033 Desio (Milano). Fax: +39-0362-383865 E-mail: Antonio.Lora@AOVimercate.org

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