The characteristics of expressed emotion among relatives of patients with Schizophrenia in Chengdu, China

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Ran, Mao Sheng ^a   Leff, Julian ^a   Hou, Zai Jin ^a   Xiang, Meng Ze ^a   Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Expressed emotion; Relatives; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AFFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141575626     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023636021995     Document Type: Article

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