Evaluation of secondary school teachers' knowledge about psychosis: A contribution to early detection

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Masillo, Alice ^a   Monducci, Elena ^b   Pucci, Daniela ^a   Telesforo, Ludovica ^a   Battaglia, Claudia ^b   Carlotto, Alessandra ^a   Forte, Alberto ^a   Bonaccorsi, Emilio ^c   Romano, Antonio ^c   Fiori Nastro, Paolo ^b   Girardi, Paolo ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Community Mental Health Service for adolescence ASL RM/E ^*  (Italy)

^d Suore Hospitaliere of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Early detection; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; School teachers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; EVALUATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; TEACHER;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; ROME; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84856335131     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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