Psychiatric disorders among parents of children suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Sharan, Pratap ^a   Mehta, Manju ^b   Chaudhry, V P ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood; Parents; Psychopathology; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PARENT; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032925384     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088800199277588     Document Type: Article

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