Measuring psychosocial outcomes in schizophrenia patients

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Figueira, Maria L ^a   Brissos, Sofia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Lisbon s Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre   (Portugal)

Author keywords

functioning; outcome measures; personal; schizophrenia; social

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL REMISSION OF GENERAL SCHIZOPHRENIA SCALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; KATZ ADJUSTMENT SCALES; LIFE SKILLS PROFILE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL REMISSION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL REMISSION SCHIZOPHRENIA SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA OUTCOMES FUNCTIONING INTERVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE SELF REPORT; SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENT SCALE; SOCIAL OUTCOMES INDEX; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SKILLS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIFIC LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING; SPECIFIC LEVELS OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; TEST OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE II;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951579967     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283438119     Document Type: Article

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