Cross-cultural validation of expressed emotion in caregivers of Chinese patients with first episode psychosis in Singapore: A qualitative study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-213

  Healey, Frances ^a   Tan, Vicky L M ^a   Chong, S A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGAPORE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33745250707     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006067199     Document Type: Article

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