Comparison of first-episode and previously treated persons with psychosis found NGMI for a violent offense

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 759-764

  Nielssen, Olav B ^a   Yee, Natalia Lin ^b   Millard, Michael M ^a   Large, Matthew M ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79959957866     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.7.pss6207_0759     Document Type: Article

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