The effect of support group participation on caregiver burden among parents of adult offspring with severe mental illness

Family Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-410

  Cook, Judith A ^a   Heller, Tamar ^a,b   Pickett Schenk, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois ^*

Author keywords

Family support group; Mental illness; Parental caregiver burden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033418369     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585248     Document Type: Article

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