Delays before Diagnosis and Initiation of Treatment in Patients Presenting to Mental Health Services with Bipolar Disorder

• Rashmi Patel ,

  * E-mail: plosone@rpatel.co.uk

  Affiliation King’s College London, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

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• Hitesh Shetty,

  Affiliation South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Biomedical Research Centre Nucleus, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard Jackson,

  Affiliation King’s College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

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• Matthew Broadbent,

  Affiliation South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Biomedical Research Centre Nucleus, London, United Kingdom

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• Robert Stewart,

  Affiliation King’s College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

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• Jane Boydell,

  Affiliation King’s College London, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

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• Philip McGuire,

  Affiliation King’s College London, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

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• Matthew Taylor

  Affiliation King’s College London, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom

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