The dimensional structure of first episode psychosis: An exploratory factor analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 935-947

  McGorry, P D ^a   Bell, R C ^b   Dudgeon, P L ^b   Jackson, H J ^b  

^a Ctr for Young People's Mental Hlth   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISORIENTATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031855269     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006771     Document Type: Article

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