Medusag's stare: A case study of working with self-disturbance in the early phase of Schizophrenia

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 489-504

  Nelson, Barnaby ^a   Sass, Louis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phenomenology; Prodrome; Schizophrenia; Self

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; CASE REPORT; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 75649147874     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650109351931     Document Type: Review

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