Links between expressed emotion and burden of care in relatives of patients with schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue MAY, 1996, Pages 580-587

  Scazufca, Marcia ^a   Kuipers, Elizabeth ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029899602     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.5.580     Document Type: Article

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