Attitudes of patients toward the first psychotic episode and the start of treatment

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 431-442

  De Haan, Lieuwe ^a,b   Peters, Bart ^a   Dingemans, Peter ^a   Wouters, Luuk ^c   Linszen, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of Amsterdam ^*

Author keywords

Attitudes of patients; Duration of untreated psychosis; First episode schizophrenia; Illness onset; Insight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036995372     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006951     Document Type: Article

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