Six-month stability of psychiatric diagnoses in first-admission patients with psychosis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1200-1208

  Fennig, Shmuel ^a   Kovasznay, Beatrice ^a   Rich, Charles ^a   Ram, Ranganathan ^a   Pato, Carlos ^a   Miller, Alan ^a   Rubinstein, Joan ^a   Carlson, Gabrielle ^a   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Phelan, Jo ^a   Lavelle, Janet ^a   Craig, Thomas ^a   Bromet, Evelyn ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0027929997     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.8.1200     Document Type: Article

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