Carers' attributions about positive events in psychosis relate to expressed emotion

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 783-789

  Grice, S J ^a   Kuipers, E ^a   Bebbington, P ^b   Dunn, G ^c   Fowler, D ^d   Freeman, D ^a   Garety, P ^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

Attribution; Carers; Expressed emotion; LACS; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSIBILITY; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 67949110965     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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