Attachment style predicts 6-month improvement in psychoticism in persons with at-risk mental states for psychosis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 442-449

  Quijada, Yanet ^a   Tizón, Jorge L ^b   Artigue, Jordi ^b   Kwapil, Thomas R ^e   Barrantes Vidal, Neus ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Early Care Team for At Risk of Psychosis Patients   (Spain)

^c Sant Pere Claver Fundació Sanitària ^*  (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk mental state; Attachment; Early psychosis; Premorbid social adjustment; Psychosocial treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PREMORBID SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84868207761     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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