Are communication deviance and expressed emotion related to family history of psychiatric disorders in schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 719-729

  Subotnik, Kenneth L ^a   Goldstein, Michael J ^c   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a   Woo, Stephanie M ^b   Mintz, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Communication deviance; Expressed emotion; Family environment; Family study; Schizophrenia; Thought disorder; Vulnerability indicator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 0038326929     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006975     Document Type: Article

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