Assessing insight in schizophrenia: East meets West

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue MAR., 2007, Pages 243-247

  Saravanan, Balasubramanian ^a,b   Jacob, K S ^b   Johnson, Shanthi ^b   Prince, Martin ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGIC; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33847724758     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.029363     Document Type: Article

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