Pathways to care for African Americans with early psychosis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1043-1044

  Merritt Davis, Orlena B ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 33745869796     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.7.1043     Document Type: Article

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