Insight and quality of life in long-term hospitalized Japanese patients with chronic schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-376

  Nakamae, Takashi ^a   Kitabayashi, Yurinosuke ^a,b   Okamura, Aiko ^a,b   Shibata, Keisuke ^a   Iwahashi, Sachiko ^b   Naka, Fumiko ^b   Morinobu, Midori ^b   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Narumoto, Jin ^a   Kitabayashi, Masaki ^b   Fukui, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Gojouyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

hospitalization; insight; length of stay; quality of life; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROQOL-5 DIMENSIONS SCALE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; JAPANESE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCALE OF UNAWARENESS OF MENTAL DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77955068293     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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