Maastricht Assessment of Coping Strategies (MACS-I): A brief instrument to assess coping with psychotic symptoms

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 453-459

  Bak, Maarten ^a,b   Van Der Spil, Farida ^c   Gunther, Nicole ^a   Radstake, Steven ^a,c   Delespaul, Philippe ^a,b   Van Os, Jim ^a,c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Vijverdal   (Netherlands)

^c Univ Comm Mental Hlth Ctr RIAGG ^*  (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034997390     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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