Validation of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales as a routine measure of outcome in early intervention programmes

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-431

  Preti, Antonio ^a,b   Pisano, Alessia ^b   Cascio, Maria Teresa ^b   Galvan, Federico ^b   Monzani, Emiliano ^b   Meneghelli, Anna ^b   Cocchi, Angelo ^b  

^a Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Health of the Nation Outcome Scales; Psychosis; Ultra high risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH OF THE NATION OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84868204531     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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