Time course for antipsychotic treatment response in first-episode schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 743-745

  Emsley, Robin ^b   Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^a   Medori, Rossella ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047697275     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.4.743     Document Type: Article

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