Can parental responses to adult children with schizophrenia be conceptualized in terms of loss and grief? A case study analysis

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-323

  Osborne, James ^a,c   Coyle, Adrian ^b  

^a KENT AND MEDWAY NHS AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c St John's CMHC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUNSELING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0037005463     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070210151779     Document Type: Article

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