Comparing the clinical presentation of first-episode psychosis across different migrant and ethnic minority groups in Montreal, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 300-308

  Van Der Ven, Elsje ^a,b,c   Bourque, François ^d,e   Joober, Ridha ^a,d   Selten, Jean Paul ^b,c   Malla, Ashok K ^a,d  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Rivierduinen Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Ethnicity; First episode; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84869227470     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371205700505     Document Type: Article

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