Increased first-contact rates for very-late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis in African- and Caribbean-born elders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 179, Issue AUG., 2001, Pages 172-174

  Reeves, S J ^a   Sauer, J ^a   Stewart, R ^a   Granger, A ^a   Howard, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034875310     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.179.2.172     Document Type: Article

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