Duration of untreated psychosis predicts treatment outcome in an early psychosis program

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 215-222

  Black, K ^a   Peters, L ^b   Rui, Q ^b   Milliken, H ^b   Whitehorn, D ^c   Kopala, L C ^b,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Dartmouth   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early Psychosis Program; Treatment outcome; Untreated psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PATIENT CODING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035281137     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(00)00144-4     Document Type: Article

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