Psychosocial treatments in schizophrenia: A review of the past 20 years

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 187-201

  Huxley, Nancy A ^a,b   Rendall, Melanie ^a,b   Sederer, Lloyd ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034128935     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200004000-00001     Document Type: Review

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