At issue: Siblings of patients with schizophrenia: Sibling bond, coping patterns, and fear of possible schizophrenia heredity

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 445-458

  Stålberg, Gabriella ^a,b   Ekerwald, Hedvig ^c   Hultman, Christina M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Heredity; Interviews; Schizophrenia; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRIEF; GUILT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHAME; SIBLING;

EID: 17544403531     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007091     Document Type: Article

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