Cross-ethnic differences in severity of symptomatology of individuals with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorder

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Lim, Caroline S ^a,b   Subramaniam, Mythily ^b   Poon, Lye Yin ^b   Chong, Siow Ann ^b   Verma, Swapna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; First episode schizophrenia; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 79960836897     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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