Duration of untreated mental disorders and help-seeking in a sectorized Athens area

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 148-154

  Madianos, Michael ^a   Zartaloudi, Aphroditi ^b   Kallergis, George ^a   Alevizopoulos, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community mental health centre; Help seeking behaviour; Psychoses; Sectorization; Untreated duration of treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054725407     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840802190650     Document Type: Article

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