The development of a culturally informed, family-focused treatment for schizophrenia

Family Process

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-186

  Weisman, Amy ^a,b   Duarte, Eugenio ^a   Koneru, Vamsi ^a   Wasserman, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Family Therapy; Schizophrenic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY THERAPY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33646728042     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2006.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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