Prediction of remission and recovery in young people presenting with first-episode psychosis in Hong Kong: A 3-year follow-up study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-108

  Chang, Wing Chung ^a   Tang, Jennifer Y ^a   Hui, Christy L ^a   Lam, May M ^a   Chan, Sherry K ^a   Wong, Gloria H ^a   Chiu, Cindy P ^a   Chen, Eric Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

first episode psychosis; outcome; predictors; recovery; Remission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AGE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861684426     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411428015     Document Type: Article

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