Psychosis in the British Army: A 2-year follow-up study

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1215-1219

  Turner, Mark A ^a   Finch, Peter J C ^b   McKechanie, Andrew G ^c   Kiernan, Mathew D ^d   Hawksley, Oliver J ^e   Wadhwani, Sharan ^f   McManus, Frank B ^b   Neal, Leigh A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b Duchess of Kent's Barracks ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^e YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Southgate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSION; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAPON;

EID: 33845584650     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.12.1215     Document Type: Article

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