Gender differences in living skills and global assessment of functioning among outpatients with schizophrenia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 226-231

  Hintikka, Jukka ^a   Saarinen, Pirjo ^a   Tanskanen, Antti ^a   Koivumaa Honkanen, Heli ^a   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beck Depression Inventory; Depression; Global Assessment Scale; Psychosocial functioning; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0032907384     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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