Schizophrenia: Illness impact on family members in a traditional society - Rural ethiopia

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Shibre, T ^b   Kebede, D ^b   Alem, A ^b   Negash, A ^b   Deyassa, N ^b   Fekadu, A ^b   Fekadu, D ^b   Jacobsson, L ^a   Kullgren, G ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Burden; Coping; Ethiopia; Family; Impact; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0037261893     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0594-7     Document Type: Article

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