Gender differences in 542 Chinese inpatients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 88-96

  Tang, Yi lang ^a,b   Gillespie, Charles F ^b   Epstein, Michael P ^b   Mao, Pei xian ^a   Jiang, Feng ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   Cai, Zhuo ji ^a   Mitchell, Philip B ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese race; Cigarette smoking; Gender difference; Onset; Schizophrenia; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PERPHENAZINE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 36049047651     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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