Assessment of empathy in first-episode psychosis and meta-analytic comparison with previous studies in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Achim, Amelie M ^a,b   Ouellet, Rosalie ^a,b   Roy, Marc André ^a,b   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

First episode psychosis; Mentalizing; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655172347     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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