Teachers' awareness for psychotic symptoms in secondary school: The effects of an early detection programme and information campaign

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Langeveld, Johannes ^a   Joa, Inge ^a   Larsen, Tor Ketil ^a,b   Rennan, Jon Anders ^a   Cosmovici, Elena ^c   Johannessen, Jan Olav ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Psychosis; School

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOM; TEACHER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79955404746     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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