Migrant background and ethnic minority status as predictors for duration of untreated psychosis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-65

  Nerhus, Mari ^a   Berg, Akiah Ottesen ^a   Haram, Marit ^a   Kvitland, Levi Røstad ^a   Andreassen, Ole Andreas ^a   Melle, Ingrid ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Health care; Immigrants; Minority groups; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921272125     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12106     Document Type: Article

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