Impact of a specialized early intervention service for psychotic disorders on patient characteristics, service use, and hospital costs in a defined catchment area

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 895-903

  Goldberg, Karen ^a   Norman, Ross ^b   Hoch, Jeff ^c   Schmitz, Norbert ^a,d   Windell, Deborah ^b   Brown, Nicole ^e   Malla, Ashok ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Ministry of Children and Family Development for British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs; Early intervention; First episode psychoses; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847659233     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370605101405     Document Type: Article

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