No gender differences in social outcome in patients suffering from schizophrenia

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 406-408

  Galderisi, S ^a   Bucci, P ^a   Ucok A ^b   Peuskens, J ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional remission; Sex; Social functioning; Symptomatic remission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY SCALE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL REMISSION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; REMISSION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858068941     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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