A comparison of the utility of dimensional and categorical representations of psychosis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 595-606

  Van Os, Jim ^a   Gilvarry, C ^a   Bale, R ^a   Van Horn, E ^a   Tattan, T ^a   White, I ^a   Murray, R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOM; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033013816     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798008162     Document Type: Article

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