Expressed emotion and family interactions in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 330-334

  Kopelowicz, Alex ^a,b,d   López, Steven R ^a,c   Zarate, Roberto ^a   O'Brien, Mary ^a   Gordon, Jamie ^a   Chang, Christina ^c   Gonzalez Smith, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d San Fernando Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Family environment; Hispanic; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURAL FAMILY SYSTEM RATING; VALIDATION STUDY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33744526787     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000217880.36581.6b     Document Type: Article

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