Quality of life of schizophrenic patients living in the community: The relationships with personal characteristics, objective indicators and self-esteem

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Kunikata, Hiroko ^a   Mino, Yoshio ^b   Nakajima, Kazuo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depressive mood; Quality of life; Schizophrenic patients; Self esteem; Uncooperativeness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 17144365482     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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