Patient perceptions of caregiver criticism in psychosis: Links with patient and caregiver functioning

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Onwumere, Juliana ^a   Kuipers, Elizabeth ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^b   Dunn, Graham ^c   Freeman, Daniel ^a   Fowler, David ^d   Garety, Philippa ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Perceived criticism; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849122268     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181960e57     Document Type: Article

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