One-year follow-up of a multiple-family-group intervention for Chinese families of patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1276-1284

  Chien, Wai Tong ^a   Chan, Sally W C ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7444234162     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1276     Document Type: Article

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