Effect of a structured educational intervention on explanatory models of relatives of patients with schizophrenia: Randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 188, Issue MAR., 2006, Pages 286-287

  Das, S ^a   Saravanan, B ^a   Karunakaran, K P ^a   Manoranjitham, S ^a   Ezhilarasu, P ^a   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT EXPLANATORY MODEL INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33644761842     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.104.007245     Document Type: Article

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