Don't turn your back on the symptoms of psychosis: The results of a proof-ofprinciple, quasi-experimental intervention to reduce duration of untreated psychosis

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Connor, Charlotte ^a   Birchwood, Max ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^b   Palmer, Colin ^a   Channa, Sunita ^a   Barker, Clare ^c   Patterson, Paul ^d   Singh, Swaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISEASE DURATION; DURATION OF UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL INTERVENTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WEB BROWSER; CLINICAL TRIAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007504874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0816-7     Document Type: Article

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