The relationship between insight and clinical factors for persons with schizophrenia

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 259-265

  Baier, Marjorie ^c   DeShay, Eva ^a   Owens, Katherine ^a   Robinson, Marceline ^a   Lasar, Kathleen ^a   Peterson, Kathleen ^b   Bland, Raymond S ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034543505     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnu.2000.19088     Document Type: Article

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