Living arrangements and social support: Effects on the well-being of mothers with mental illness

Social Work Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-55

  Mowbray, Carol T ^a   Bybee, Deborah ^b   Hollingsworth, Leslie ^a   Goodkind, Sara ^a   Oyserman, Daphna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended family; Mental illness; Mothers; Psychiatric disabilities; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344379055     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/29.1.41     Document Type: Article

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