Ethnicity, family cohesion, religiosity and general emotional distress in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 359-368

  Weisman, Amy ^a   Rosales, Grace ^b   Kymalainen, Jennifer ^b   Armesto, Jorge ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Family cohesion; General emotional distress; Religiosity; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 20444364121     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000165087.20440.d1     Document Type: Article

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