Causes of schizophrenia reported by family members of urban African American hospitalized patients with schizophrenia

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-226

  Esterberg, Michelle L ^a   Compton, Michael T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIETY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646097222     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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