Are attitudes and beliefs about symptoms more important than symptom severity in recovery from psychosis?

Psychosis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-49

  Sapochnik, Manuela ^b   Bledin, Ken ^c   Mason, Oliver J ^d  

^a NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Illness perceptions; Psychosis; Recovery style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860110614     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430903144386     Document Type: Article

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