Duration of untreated psychosis in two Arab samples from Egypt and Saudi Arabia: Clinical and sociocultural correlates

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-225

  Fawzi, Mohab M ^a   El Amin, Hany M ^b   Fawzi, Mounir H ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Erfan Psychiatric Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Duration of untreated psychosis; Egypt; First episode psychosis; Help seeking; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; Saudi Arabia; Traditional (faith) healer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859774916     PISSN: 20905408     EISSN: 20905416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.XME.0000403822.37436.43     Document Type: Article

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