Causal Attributions, Expressed Emotion, and Patient Relapse: Recent Findings and Application to Chinese Societies

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 16-25+30

  Yang, Lawrence Hsin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Expressed emotion; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CHINESE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORETICAL STUDY; THINKING;

EID: 1942469946     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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