Clinical symptoms of psychotic episodes and 25-hydroxy vitamin D serum levels in black first-generation immigrants

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 475-487

  Dealberto, M J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute psychotic episodes; Atypical psychosis; Immigrants; Schizophrenia; Skin pigmentation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CATATONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACUTE PSYCHOTIC EPISODES; ATYPICAL PSYCHOSIS; IMMIGRANTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887401396     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12086     Document Type: Article

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