First episode psychosis and the trail to secondary care: Help-seeking and health-system delays

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-391

  O'Callaghan, Eadbhard ^a,b,c   Turner, Niall ^a   Renwick, Laoise ^a   Jackson, Deirdre ^a   Sutton, Marie ^a   Foley, Sharon D ^a   McWilliams, Stephen ^a   Behan, Caragh ^a   Fetherstone, Alastair ^a   Kinsella, Anthony ^a  

^a DETECT   (Ireland)

^b Hospitaller Order of St John of God ^*  (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Duration of untreated illness; Duration of untreated psychosis; Help seeking; Pathways; Primary care; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949345571     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0081-x     Document Type: Article

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