An investigation into the relationship between attachment, gender and recovery from psychosis in a stable community-based sample

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-284

  Mulligan, Alison ^a   Lavender, Tony ^b  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Gender; Psychosis; Recovery Style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELUSION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954597728     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.655     Document Type: Article

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