Assessing the opinions of relatives on the causes and social consequences of different mental disorders: Are instruments cross-culturally valid?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-355

  Kallert, Thomas W ^a   Nitsche, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validity; German version; Mental disorders; Opinions; Questionnaire; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 40149104074     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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