Factors affecting the family support system of patients with schizophrenia: A survey in the remote island of Tsushima

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-168

  Hamada, Yoshito ^a   Ohta, Yasuyuki ^b   Nakane, Yoshibumi ^c  

^a Sonoda Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Graduate School of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community care; Family support system; Islands; Mental health; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037395967     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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