Family burden during exacerbation of schizophrenia: Quantification and determinants of additional costs

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Lauber, Christoph ^a   Keller, Christian ^a   Eichenberger, Adrian ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 27144554179     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005057376     Document Type: Article

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