Differing patterns of brain structural abnormalities between black and white patients with their first episode of psychosis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1137-1147

  Morgan, K D ^a   Dazzan, P ^b   Morgan, C ^b   Lappin, J ^b   Hutchinson, G ^c   Chitnis, X ^b   Suckling, J ^d   Fearon, P ^b   Jones, P B ^d   Leff, J ^b   Murray, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First episode psychosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Misdiagnosis; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; NEGRO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; CARIBBEAN REGION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS STRIATUM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77956624695     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709991565     Document Type: Article

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