Does treatment delay in first-episode psychosis really matter?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-110

  Harrigan, S M ^a   McGorry, P D ^a   Krstev, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037240268     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170200675X     Document Type: Article

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