Benefits of support groups for families of adults with severe mental illness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-198

  Heller, Tamar ^a,b   Roccoforte, Jennifer A ^a   Hsieh, Kelly ^a   Cook, Judith A ^b   Pickett, Susan A ^b  

^a Inst of Disability and Hum Devmt   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031003519     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080222     Document Type: Review

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