Association of insight with sociodemographic and clinical factors, quality of life, and cognition in Chinese patients with schizophrenia

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Xiang, Yu Tao ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^a   Wang, Chuan Yue ^a   Chiu, Helen F K ^b   Chen, Qi ^a   Chan, Sandra S M ^b   Lai, Kelly Y C ^b   Lee, Edwin H M ^b   Ungvari, Gabor S ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84855946834     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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