Duration of untreated psychosis and treatment outcome in schizophrenia patients untreated for many years

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 339-343

  Tirupati, Srinivasan ^a   Rangaswamy, Thara ^b   Raman, Padmavati ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Prolonged duration of untreated psychosis; Schizophrenia; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THOUGHT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942672250     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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