Appraisal, psychological adjustment and expressed emotion in relatives of patients suffering from schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue JULY, 1997, Pages 26-30

  Barrowclough, Christine ^a,b   Parle, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADJUSTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELATIVE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031182610     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.1.26     Document Type: Article

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