Quality of life in schizophrenia in India: Comparison of three approaches

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-55

  Lobana, Aprajita ^a   Mattoo, Surendra K ^a   Basu, Debasish ^a   Gupta, Nitin ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Objective; Proxy rating; Quality of life; Satisfaction; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHLORPROMAZINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034964864     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.104001051.x     Document Type: Article

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