The quality of life of people with schizophrenia living in community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-356

  de Souza, Leonardo Araújo ^a   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^b  

^a Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/FIOCRUZ ^*  (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community care; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646411517     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0042-6     Document Type: Article

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