Schizophrenia psychopathology in a Kuwaiti Arab sample

Psychopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 345-356

  Zahid, Muhammad A ^a   Ohaeri, Jude U ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arab; Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; Psychopathology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVER; DELUSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVERS; DELUSIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77956090582     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320349     Document Type: Article

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