Impact of a specialized early psychosis treatment programme on suicide. Retrospective cohort study

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Harris, Meredith G ^a,b   Burgess, Philip M ^b   Chant, David C ^b   Pirkis, Jane E ^a   Mcgorry, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Mental health services; Psychotic disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 65249133074     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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