BackgroundStigma associated with mental illness can delay or prevent help-seeking and
service contact. Stigma-related influences on pathways to care in the early stages of …

The increasing interest in the subjective wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) of patients with
schizophrenia represents a conceptual extension of therapeutic outcome criteria. For a long …

Objective (1) determine which antipsychotic side effects (SE) schizophrenic patients
consider the most distressing during treatment with typical antipsychotics,(2) measure the …

Background Long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is associated with poor outcomes
and low quality of life at first contact with mental health services. However, long DUP is …

The first episode of psychosis frequently occurs during adolescence and early adulthood,
and is associated with high levels of trauma, affective disturbance and suicide. The social …

Aim: The trajectory in psychotic disorders which leads from a relatively normal premorbid
state in young people to a first episode of psychosis is only partly understood. Qualitative …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of childhood-onset major depressive disorder (MDD) on
course of illness and psychiatric comorbidity, as compared with adolescent-and adult-onset …

Aim Phenomena within the psychosis continuum that varies in frequency/duration/intensity
have been increasingly identified. Different terms describe these phenomena, however …

Methods Open-ended audiotaped interviews were conducted with families of inpatients with
recent-onset nonaffective psychosis who were diagnosed at the New York State Psychiatric …

AIM: This study used a qualitative research methodology to explore common themes
pertaining to the period of untreated psychosis before treatment initiation in hospitalized …