Patients' perspectives on what works in psychoeducational groups for schizophrenia: A qualitative study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 909-915

  Sibitz, Ingrid ^a,b   Amering, Michaela ^a   Gössler, Ralf ^b   Unger, Annemarie ^a   Katschnig, Heinz ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Psychoeducation; Quality of life; Schizophrenia; Subjective experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPOSIUM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 37449001618     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0245-5     Document Type: Article

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