The International Study on General Practitioners and Early Psychosis (IGPS)

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Simon, Andor E ^a,b   Lester, Helen ^c   Tait, Lynda ^c   Stip, Emanuel ^d   Roy, Paul ^e   Conrad, Gretchen ^e   Hunt, Jennifer ^e   Epstein, Irvin ^f   Larsen, Tor K ^g,h   Amminger, Paul ⁱ   Holub, David ^j   Wenigová, Barbora ^j   Turner, Mark ^k   Berger, Gregor E ^l   O'Donnell, Colin ^l   Umbricht, Daniel ^m  

^a Psychiatric Outpatient Services Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^e Champlain District Regional First Episode Psychosis Program   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^j Centre for Mental Health Care Development   (Czech Republic)

^k Totara House Early Intervention for Psychosis Service   (New Zealand)

^l ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^m F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Early psychosis; General practitioners; Primary care; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; AWARENESS; CANADA; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 60549109233     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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