The inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of prodromal symptoms in first-episode psychosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 498-504

  Jackson, Henry J ^a   McGorry, Patrick D ^a   Dakis, Jenepher ^b   Harrigan, Susan ^a   Henry, Lisa ^a   Mihalopoulos, Cathy ^c  

^a Early Psychosis Research Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Early Psychosis Prev I   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029785671     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065023     Document Type: Article

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