Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 291-295 , July 2005

Treatment delay in first-episode nonaffective psychosis: a pilot study with African American family members and the theory of planned behavior

  • Michael T. Compton

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Grady Memorial Hospital, Box 26238, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Tel.: +1 404 778 1486; fax: +1 404 616 3241.
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  • Michelle L. Esterberg

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00175-0

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.10.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 291-295 , July 2005

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