Long-term course of acute brief psychosis in a developing country setting

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 173, Issue SEPT., 1998, Pages 226-230

  Susser, E ^a   Varma, V K ^b   Mattoo, S K ^b   Finnerty, M ^a   Mojtabai, R ^a   Tripathi, B M ^b   Misra, A K ^b   Wig, N N ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031654165     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.173.3.226     Document Type: Article

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