Relation between schizophrenic patients' quality of life and symptom severity

Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-68

  Cechnicki, Andrzej ^a   Valdes, Miguel ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Psychiatry Clinic in Monterrey   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2942639855     PISSN: 15092046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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