A systematic review of attachment and psychosis: Measurement, construct validity and outcomes

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 257-274

  Gumley, A I ^a,b   Taylor, H E F ^a,b   Schwannauer, M ^c   MacBeth, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychoses; Review of the literature; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEW; ADULT ATTACHMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTACHMENT STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CINAHL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PANIC; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS ATTACHMENT MEASURE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; REVISED ADULT ATTACHMENT SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SERVICE ATTACHMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THE RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84896039191     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12172     Document Type: Review

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