Let's get physical: An audit of medical practice in first episode psychosis

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-149

  Mckay, Diana ^a   Gorrell, Jo ^b   Cornish, Alison ^b   Tennant, Chris ^c   Rosen, Alan ^b,c,d   Moss, Beverley ^e   Nash, Louise ^c  

^a Royal North Shore Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e Central Sydney Area Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early intervention; First episode psychosis; Neuroimaging; Side effects

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONITORING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748470459     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02277.x     Document Type: Article

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