Does the Internet offer social opportunities for individuals with schizophrenia? A cross-sectional pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-320

  Spinzy, Yaniv ^a   Nitzan, Uri ^a,b   Becker, Gideon ^a   Bloch, Yuval ^a,b   Fennig, Shmuel ^a,b  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Internet; Schizophrenia; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84868152590     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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