Outcomes of the peer-taught 12-week family-to-family education program for severe mental illness

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-215

  Dixon, L ^a,b,d   Lucksted, A ^a,b   Stewart, B ^a,b   Burland, J ^c   Brown, C H ^a,b   Postrado, L ^a   McGuire, C ^a   Hoffman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VISN 5 Vet Aff Mental Hlth R   (United States)

^c National Alliance for the Mentally Ill   (United States)

^d VA Capitol Health Care Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Family to family education program; Program evaluation; Serious mental illness; Subjective burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SELF CARE;

BALTIMORE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 1242269751     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0001-690X.2003.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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