Predictive power and construct validity of the Level of Expressed Emotion (LEE) scale. Depressed out-patients and couples from the general community

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue JUNE, 1997, Pages 520-525

  Gerlsma, Coby ^a,b   Hale III, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Clinical Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030782974     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.6.520     Document Type: Article

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