Skills training for people with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-391

  Bellack, Alan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIRECC/6A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

APTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942532137     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/27.2004.375.391     Document Type: Review

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