Validating the empowerment scale with a multisite sample of consumers of mental health services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 933-936

  Rogers, E Sally ^a   Ralph, Ruth O ^b   Salzer, Mark S ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONSUMER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPOWERMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALIDITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047688833     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.9.933     Document Type: Article

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