Identifying children and adolescents at ultra high risk of psychosis in Italian neuropsychiatry services: a feasibility study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-106

  Spada, Giulia ^a,b,c   Molteni, S ^c   Pistone, C ^c   Chiappedi, M ^d   McGuire, P ^a,b   Fusar Poli, P ^a,b   Balottin, U ^c,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Psychosis; Psychosis risk; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLUNTED AFFECT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF AT RISK MENTAL STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV-TR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENT SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952863125     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0710-8     Document Type: Article

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