Pattern of emotional overinvolvement in relatives of patients with schizophrenia: A stress syndrome analogue?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 493-499

  Boye, Birgitte ^a   Munkvold, Ole Georg ^a   Bentsen, Håvard ^b   Notland, Tor Helge ^a   Lersbryggen, Annette B ^a   Oskarsson, Kirsti H ^a   Uren, Gunvor ^a   Ulstein, Ingun ^b   Lingjærde, Odd ^b   Malt, Ulrik Fredrik ^c  

^a Blakstad Hospital   (Norway)

^b Gaustad Hospital   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Family; Intervention; Schizophrenia; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

EID: 0032424717     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039489850139283     Document Type: Article

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