Family burden and relatives participation in psychiatric care: Are the patient's diagnosis and the relation to the patient of importance?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-301

  Östman, Margareta ^a   Wallsten, Tuula ^b   Kjellin, Lars ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Psychiatric Research Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RELATIVE; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SIBLING RELATIONS; SPOUSES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29644441808     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005057395     Document Type: Article

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