Evidence that health attributions and symptom severity predict insight in schizophrenia

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 635-637

  Donohoe, Gary ^a,b,d   Donnell, Colin O ^a   Owens, Nicholas ^a   O'Callaghan, Eadbhard ^a,c  

^a Cluain Mhuire Family Centre   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Cognitive functioning; Education; Insight; Schizophrenia; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4544384592     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000138318.05729.db     Document Type: Article

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