Families' experience with seeking treatment for recent-onset psychosis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 812-816

  Gerson, Ruth ^a   Davidson, Larry ^b   Booty, Andrew ^c   Wong, Celine ^c   McGlashan, Thomas ^b   Malespina, Dolores ^d   Pincus, Harold Alan ^c   Corcoran, Cheryl ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 66749131506     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.6.812     Document Type: Article

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