Is there an association between duration of untreated psychosis and 24- month clinical outcome in a first-admission series?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-66

  Craig, Thomas J ^b   Bromet, Evelyn J ^a   Fennig, Shmuel ^b   Tanenberg Karant, Marsha ^b   Lavelle, Janet ^b   Galambos, Nora ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOIDISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033961454     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.157.1.60     Document Type: Article

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