Families of Adults with Mental Retardation: Stress Levels and Need for Services

Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 657-667

  Hayden, Mary F ^a   Goldman, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Families; Mental retardation; Services; Stress levels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030293214     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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