The relationship between insight, illness and treatment outcome in schizophrenia

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Schwartz, Robert G ^a,b,c,d  

^a Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Saint Leo College

^d Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031936183     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022141322657     Document Type: Article

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