A review of expressed emotion research in health care

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 633-666

  Wearden, Alison J ^a   Tarrier, Nicholas ^a   Barrowclough, Christine ^a   Zastowny, Thomas R ^b   Rahill, Alice Armstrong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressed Emotion; Medical conditions

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORY;

EID: 0034032550     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(99)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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