First episode psychosis and treatment delay - causes and consequences

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 540-543

  Ienciu, Monica ^a   Romoşan, Felicia ^a   Bredicean, Cristina ^a   Romosan R ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Duration of untreated psychosis; First episode psychosis; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIETY; STIGMA; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651238921     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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