Reducing treatment delay for early intervention: Evaluation of a community based crisis helpline

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shrivastava, Amresh K ^a,g   Johnston, Megan E ^b   Stitt, Larry ^a   Thakar, Meghana ^c   Sakel, Gopa ^d   Iyer, Sunita ^d   Shah, Nilesh ^e   Bureau, Yves ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Mental Health Foundation of India   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^f LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g University of Western Ontario ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Duration of treatment; Early intervention; Helpline; Psychosis; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84865333955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-20     Document Type: Article

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