BACKGROUND: Little is known about the reasons why @entity1 with @entity161 have contact with police, especially prior to the first episode of illness. AIM: To investigate the prevalence and correlates of police contact in first-episode @entity161 . METHODS: The prevalence and type of police contact was established among all 110 @entity1 presenting to @entity146 services in one catchment area during a first episode of @entity161 and among 65 non-mentally ill controls, by @entity1 and collateral interview and from records. Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics were also recorded and the two groups compared. RESULTS: The first episode of @entity161 @entity1 had more contact with police than controls, despite the higher prevalence of @entity9054 symptoms among the controls. The @entity1 were not, however, more likely to be incarcerated or arrested. Among the @entity1 , over half of the police call-outs occurred during the period of untreated @entity716 . @entity716 were independently associated with police contact, after allowing for socio-demographics. CONCLUSIONS: As over a third of @entity1 in a first episode of @entity161 had been in contact with the police - more than twice the proportion among non-psychotic controls - and contact was associated with untreated positive @entity716 , better early detection and treatment of @entity716 seems indicated. In the meantime, police services may be playing an important role in reducing the duration of untreated @entity716 . Copyright    2015 John Wiley _ Sons, Ltd.

Prevalence and clinical correlates of police contact prior to a first diagnosis of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'participant', 'people'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenia'] @entity716 :: ('MESH:D011605', 'Disease') :: ['Positive psychotic symptoms', 'psychosis', 'psychotic symptoms'] @entity9054 :: ('MESH:D019955', 'Disease') :: ['conduct disorder']
@entity161 :: (MESH:D012559,Disease) :: ['schizophrenia']
