Accuracy of body image perception and preferred weight loss strategies in schizophrenia: A controlled pilot study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Loh, C ^a,b   Meyer, J M ^a,b   Leckband, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body weight; Overweight; Schizophrenia; Size perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OBESITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 38049134101     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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