Stress of caregiving for the chronically mentally III

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 766-771

  Vaddadi, Krishna ^a  

^a Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 0040916955     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-19961201-07     Document Type: Article

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