Grief experiences of parents whose children suffer from mental illness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 88-94

  Godress, Julia ^b   Ozgul, Salih ^a   Owen, Cathy ^a   Foley Evans, Leanne ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CREEDA Business Centre ^*

Author keywords

Mental illness; Parent child attachment; Parental grief

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

EID: 14044260064     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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