Predictors of subjective well-being among older, community-dwelling persons with schizophrenia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-155

  Cohen, Carl I ^a   Talavera, Nancy ^a   Hartung, Renata ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030967668     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199721520-00007     Document Type: Article

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