Predictive validity of a culturally informed diagnosis of schizophrenia: A 30month follow-up study with first episode psychosis

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Zandi, Tekleh ^a   Havenaar, Johan M ^a   Laan, Wijnand ^b   Kahn, Rene S ^b   van den Brink, Wim ^c  

^a Altrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural formulation; Immigrant; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Standardized diagnosis

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND HISTORY; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND HISTORY CULTURE SENSITIVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 81955164205     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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