Causal attributions about schizophrenia in families in China: Expressed emotion and patient relapse

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 592-602

  Yang, Lawrence H ^a   Phillips, Michael R ^b,d   Licht, Deborah M ^c,e   Hooley, Jill M ^c,e  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEIJING HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELAPSE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 1942490763     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.4.592     Document Type: Article

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