Employment and its relationship with functionality and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: EGOFORS Study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 422-425

  Ucok A ^a   Gorwood, P ^b,c   Karadayi, G ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Employment; Functionality; Remission; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863857777     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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