First-episode psychosis: Primary care experience and implications for service development

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 165-168

  El Adl, Mamdouh ^a   Burke, John ^a   Little, Karen ^b  

^a Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Governance and Professional Development Manager   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 65649086134     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.108.019646     Document Type: Article

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