A brief report on the characteristics of young male adults experiencing their first episodes of psychosis: Implications for developing specialized first episode programs

Internet Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dewa, Carolyn S ^a   Zipursky, Robert P ^b,c   Durbin, Janet ^a   Chau, Nancy ^a   Goering, Paula ^a   Aubry, Tim ^d   Wasylenki, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Mental Health and Addictions Program   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Early intervention; Education; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549150852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15312941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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