Well-being of the caregivers of the mentally ill

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-164

  Stengård, Eija ^a   Salokangas, Raimo K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030753154     PISSN: 08039496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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