Disruption and reconstruction: Narrative insights into the experience of family members caring for a relative diagnosed with serious mental illness

Family Process

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-369

  Stern, Sergio ^a   Doolan, Moira ^b   Staples, Emma ^b   Szmukler, George L ^c   Eisler, Ivan ^b  

^a Instituto Latinoamericano de Estudios de la Familia   (Mexico)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033185721     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1999.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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