Antipsychotics and the quality of life of schizophrenic patients

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-497

  Loga Zec, Svjetlana ^a   Loga, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Quality of life (QOL); Schizophrenic patients

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

DEPRESSION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FRIENDSHIP; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LEISURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651252399     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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