Expressed emotion in the relatives of people with epileptic or nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1094-1102

  Stanhope, Nicola ^a   Goldstein, Laura H ^a   Kuipers, Elizabeth ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Epileptic seizures; Expressed emotion; Nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELATIVE; SEIZURE; SPEECH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CONVERSION DISORDER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEIZURES; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0042071409     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.09503.x     Document Type: Article

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