Duration of untreated psychosis and it's effect on the functional outcome in Schizophrenia: Preliminary results

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-183

  Šarotar, Brigita Novak ^a   Pesek, Marjeta Blinc ^a   Agius, Mark ^b   Pregelj, Peter ^a   Kocmur, Marga ^a  

^a University of Psychiatric Hospital   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic treatment; Duration of untreated psychosis; Employment; Marital status; Prodrome; Schizophrenia; Vocational status

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SLOVENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47849085753     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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