Stressful life events in recent-onset schizophrenia: Reduced frequencies and altered subjective appraisals

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 363-374

  Horan, William P ^a   Ventura, Joseph ^a   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a   Subotnik, Kenneth L ^a   Hwang, Sun S ^a   Mintz, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Recent onset; Schizophrenia; Stressful life events; Vulnerability stress model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 18844438626     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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