Family-level predictors and correlates of the duration of untreated psychosis in African American first-episode patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 338-345

  Compton, Michael T ^a   Goulding, Sandra M ^a   Gordon, Tynessa L ^a   Weiss, Paul S ^b   Kaslow, Nadine J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver strain; Duration of untreated psychosis; Family functioning; First episode psychosis; Schizophrenia; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649105263     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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