Pathways to care: Duration of Untreated Psychosis from Karachi, Pakistan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Naqvi, Haider A ^a   Hussain, Sajjad ^a   Zaman, Muhammad ^a   Islam, Mohammad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350706057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007409     Document Type: Article

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