Causes of schizophrenia reported by urban African American lay community members

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-93

  Compton, Michael T ^a,b   Esterberg, Michelle L ^c   Broussard, Beth ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURY; COMMUNITY; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; PUNISHMENT; RADIATION INJURY; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD REARING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SPIRITUALISM; SPIRITUALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36549036135     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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