Trajectories of the course of schizophrenia: From progressive deterioration to amelioration over three decades

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 184-191

  Levine Stephen Z , S Z ^a   Lurie, Ido ^b   Kohn, Robert ^c   Levav, Itzhak ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Course; Deterioration; Epidemiology; Family factors; Heterogeneity; Outcome; Schizophrenia; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMELIORATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952002657     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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