Correlates and predictors of optimism in individuals with early psychosis or severe mental illness

Psychosis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-133

  Lecomte, Tania ^a   Corbière, Marc ^b   Théroux, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early psychosis; Hope; Optimism; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901710357     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430902995259     Document Type: Article

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