Diagnostic stability four years after a first episode of psychosis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1084-1088

  Whitty, Peter ^a   Clark, Mary ^b   McTigue, Orfhlaith ^a   Browne, Stephen ^c   Kamali, Moyaad ^a   Larkin, Conall ^b   O'Callaghan, Eadbhard ^a,b  

^a Cluain Mhuire Family Centre   (Ireland)

^b St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

^c WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC STABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED PSYCHOSIS; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 24644457574     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1084     Document Type: Article

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