Does a detection team shorten duration of untreated psychosis?

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-26

  Nordentoft, Merete ^a   Thorup, Anne ^a   Petersen, Lone ^a   Øhlenschlæger, Johan ^b   Christensen, Torben Østergaard ^c   Krarup, Gertrud ^c   Jørgensen, Per ^c   Jeppesen, Pia ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Sct Hans Hospital   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Duration of untreated psychosis; First episode psychosis; Prevention; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58849136391     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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