Pathways to care: duration of untreated psychosis from Karachi, Pakistan.

BACKGROUND: Substantial amount of time is lost before initiation of treatment in Schizophrenia. The delay in treatment is labelled as Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP). Most of these estimates come from western countries, where health systems are relatively better developed. There is dearth of i...

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Main Authors: Haider A Naqvi, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Zaman, Mohammad Islam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2756621?pdf=render