The psychotic spectrum: A community-based study

World Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Benedetti, Alessandra ^a   Pini, Stefano ^a   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^b,c   Berrocal, Carmen ^a   Tundo, Antonio ^d   Morosini, Pierluigi ^b   Cassano, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^d Institute of Psychopathology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Level of functioning; Mental health services; Psychopathology; Psychotic bipolar I disorder; Schizoaffective disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 67651167003     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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