Caregiver Responses to Symptoms of First-Onset Psychosis: A Comparative Study of Chinese- and Euro-Canadian Families

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-266

  Ryder, Andrew G ^a   Bean, Graham ^b   Dion, Kenneth L ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

caregiver burden; Chinese; coping behaviour; mental health services; treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034051376     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150003700207     Document Type: Article

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