Insight among psychotic patients with auditory hallucinations

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 701-708

  Lera, Guillem ^a   Herrero, Neus ^b   González, Jose ^c   Aguilar, Eduardo ^c   Sanjuán, Julio ^b   Leal, Carmen ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Clínic València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Insight; PANSS; Psychosis; PSYRATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958041550     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20799     Document Type: Article

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