Illness Perception Mediates the Effect of Illness Course on the Quality of Life of Mexican Patients with Psychosis

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-112

  Gómez de Regil, Lizzette ^a,b   Kwapil, Thomas R ^c   Barrantes Vidal, Neus ^b,c,d,e  

^a Infectious Diseases Research Unit Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^d Sant Pere Claver Fundacio Sanità Ria   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Illness course; Illness perception; Mexican; Psychosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893713433     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-013-9211-4     Document Type: Article

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