Symptoms profile and quality of life in rural and urban patients with chronic psychoses

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 419-423

  Nilsson, Lise Lotte ^a   Ivarsson, Bo ^b   Lögdberg, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Symptoms; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0347297596     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480260389334     Document Type: Article

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