Psychoeducation may reduce self-stigma of people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Uchino, Toshiro ^a   Maeda, Masaharu ^a   Uchimura, Naohisa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Psychoeducation; Schizophrenia; Self stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRCHWOOD PSYCHOSIS INSIGHT SCALE; CRIMINOLOGY; DRUG ATTITUDE INVENTORY 10; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE OF ILLNESS AND DRUG INVENTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE SSSCALE; STIGMA; VIDEOTAPE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84871635576     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: 18812090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.59.25     Document Type: Article

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