Insight and hopelessness in forensic patients with schizophrenia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Carroll, Andrew ^a,d   Pantelis, Christos ^b   Harvey, Carol ^c  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forensic; Hopelessness; Insight; Risk; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 1842840106     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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