Schizophrenia: A study comparing a family therapy group following a paradoxical model plus psychodrugs and a group treated by the conventional clinical approach

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-188

  De Giacomo, P ^a   Pierri, G ^a   Santoni Rugiu, A ^a   Buonsante, M ^a   Vadruccio, F ^a   Zavoianni, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family therapy; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030890058     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09618.x     Document Type: Article

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