Expressed emotion in first-episode schizophrenia and in ultra high-risk patients: Results from the Programma2000 (Milan, Italy)

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-338

  Meneghelli, Anna ^a   Alpi, Andrea ^a   Pafumi, Nicoletta ^a   Patelli, Giovanni ^a   Preti, Antonio ^b   Cocchi, Angelo ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Expressed emotion; First episode psychosis; Schizophrenia; Ultra high risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053447213     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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