Condensed version of the Quality of Life Scale for schizophrenia for use in outcome studies

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Ritsner, Michael ^a,b   Kurs, Rena ^a   Ratner, Yael ^a   Gibel, Anatoly ^a  

^a SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment scales; Psychosis; Treatment outcomes; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19544385618     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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