An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a support programme for carers of patients with a psychosis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Szmukler, G ^a   Kuipers, E ^a   Joyce, J ^a   Harris, T ^a   Leese, M ^a   Maphosa, W ^a   Staples, E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Carers; Controlled trial; Family intervention; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0042329869     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0652-1     Document Type: Article

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