Attributional style, symptomatology and awareness of illness in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-323

  Fraguas, David ^a   Mena, Ana ^a   Franco, Carolina ^a   Martín Blas, María M ^a   Nugent, Kara ^b   Rodríguez Solano, José Juan ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Servicio de Salud Mental Retiro   (Spain)

Author keywords

Awareness of illness; Cognitive syndrome; Depression; Emotional discomfort; Insight; Schizophrenia; Self serving bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 40149104796     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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