Pathways to care in a New Zealand first-episode of psychosis cohort

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Turner, Mark ^a   Smith Hamel, Cecilia ^a   Mulder, Roger ^b  

^a Totara House Early Intervention for Psychosis Service   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Health service accessibility; Mental health service utilization; Program evaluation; Psychotic disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646183862     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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