Intensive case management for high-risk patients with first-episode psychosis: Service model and outcomes

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-37

  Brewer, Warrick J ^a   Lambert, Timothy J ^b   Witt, Katrina ^a   Dileo, John ^c   Duff, Cameron ^a   Crlenjak, Carol ^a   McGorry, Patrick D ^a   Murphy, Brendan P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84920845993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22150366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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