A qualitative study of referral to community mental health teams in the UK: exploring the rhetoric and the reality

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Generic community mental health teams (CMHTs) currently deliver specialist mental health care in England. Policy dictates that CMHTs focus on those patients with greatest need but it has proved difficult to establish consistent refer...

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Main Authors: Stewart Mairi, Montana Carolyn, Slade Mike, Chew-Graham Carolyn, Gask Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/117