Expressed emotion, attributions, utility beliefs, and distress in parents of young people with first episode psychosis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  McNab, Catharine ^a,b   Haslam, Nick ^a   Burnett, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Control; Criticism; Emotional overinvolvement; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CULTURE; EDUCATION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 34247369861     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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