Treatment delay and response rate in first episode psychosis

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-339

  Wunderink, A ^a   Nienhuis, F J ^a   Sytema, S ^a   Wiersma, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645957636     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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