Rejection of chronic schizophrenic patients : some preliminary observations from kerala

Autor: L S, Manickam, S R, Chandran
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Psychiatry
ISSN: 0019-5545
Popis: A study was conducted on 57 relatives (34 male and 23 female) of 57 (32 male and 25 female) schizophrenic patients in Kerala. The rejection response was found to be related to gender of patients and relatives, being significantly higher in males. The test reliability alpha of the Patient Rejection Scale was found to be 0.93 and it is higher than English and German version of the scale. Compared to the German and New York sample, the present sample tend to have high rejection feeling.
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