Improvement in psychosocial adjustment for psychiatric patients after a 16-week life skills education program

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-172

  Reddon, John R ^a   Pope, Gregory A ^a   Dorais, Shauna ^a   Pullan, Marilyn D ^a  

^a ALBERTA HOSPITAL EDMONTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0029934751     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199603)52:2<169::AID-JCLP7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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