Measurement and reporting of the duration of untreated psychosis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-211

  Large, Matthew ^a,e   Nielssen, Olav ^a,b   Slade, Tim ^c   Harris, Anthony ^d  

^a Private Practice Rheumatologist   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duration of untreated psychosis; First episode psychosis; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MANIA; META ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949171594     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Review

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