Health services determinants of the duration of untreated psychosis among African-American first-episode patients

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1489-1494

  Compton, Michael T ^a   Ramsay, Claire E ^a   Shim, Ruth S ^b   Goulding, Sandra M ^a   Gordon, Tynessa L ^a   Weiss, Paul S ^c   Druss, Benjamin G ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY DELAY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 70350769236     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.11.1489     Document Type: Article

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