Predictive validity of the Family Attitude Scale in people with psychosis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-363

  Kavanagh, David J ^a   Pourmand, Diba ^b   White, Angela ^a   Robertson, Denise ^c   Halford, Kim ^c   Vaughan, Kevin ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Psychotic disorders; Relapse; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE SCALE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 50449107902     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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