Role of coping strategies and attitudes in mediating distress due to hallucinations in schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-522

  Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Sharan, Pratap ^b   Kulhara, Parmanand ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

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

Author keywords

Attitude; Coping; Hallucinations; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0141997236     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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