Self-compassion: A novel link with symptoms in schizophrenia?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 389-393

  Eicher, Amanda C ^a   Davis, Louanne W ^a,b   Lysaker, Paul H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

illness; insight; Schizophrenia; self compassion; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF COMPASSION; SELF CONCEPT;

EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84877580835     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31828e10fa     Document Type: Article

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