Clinical and social correlates of duration of untreated psychosis in first-episode psychosis patients

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-26

  Pek, Elaine ^a   Mythily, S ^a   Chong, S A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Psychotic disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCORE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM IV AXIS I DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS DURATION;

EID: 33645817548     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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