Self-inflicted eye injuries in first-episode and previously treated psychosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-191

  Large, Matthew ^a   Andrews, Doug ^b   Babidge, Nick ^c   Hume, Frank ^d   Nielssen, Olav ^e,f  

^a Private Practice   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SUTHERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eye injury; First episode psychosis; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EYE INJURY; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049156290     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701827259     Document Type: Article

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