Issues regarding the delivery of early intervention psychiatric services to the South Asian population in England

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-269

  Agius, Mark ^a   Talwar, A ^b   Murphy, S ^c   Zaman, Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early intervention in psychosis; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH ASIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL AUDIT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954356279     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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