Psychotic-spectrum illness and family-based treatments: A case-based illustration of the underuse of family interventions

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Brent, Benjamin K ^a   Giuliano, Anthony J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Family interventions; Psychotic spectrum illness; Schizophrenia; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY STRESS; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAINING; VOCATION;

ADULT; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34547807742     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220701532540     Document Type: Review

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