Rate and predictors of service disengagement among patients with first-episode psychosis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 812-815

  Zheng, Shushan ^a   Poon, Lye Yin ^b   Verma, Swapna ^b  

^a NHG AHPL Residency   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE MANAGER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOSIS; SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGAPORE; SINGLE MAN; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883203909     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200199     Document Type: Article

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