The effect of gender in diagnosing early schizophrenia: An experimental case simulation study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 549-555

  Høye, Anne ^a   Rezvy, Grigory ^a   Hansen, Vidje ^a   Olstad, Reidun ^a  

^a Fylkesmannen i Troms ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic practice; Gender; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SIMULATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRY; RUSSIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748801707     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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