Psychological morbidity and caregiver burden in parents of children with Tourette's disorder and psychiatric comorbidity

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1370-1375

  Cooper, Claudia ^a   Robertson, Mary M ^a,b   Livingston, Gill ^a,b  

^a CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; General Health Questionnaire 28; Tourette's disorder

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0642304320     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CHI.0000085751.71002.48     Document Type: Article

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