Religiosity, psychosocial adjustment, and subjective burden of persons who care for those with mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Murray Swank, Aaron B ^a,b   Lucksted, Alicia ^a,b   Medoff, Deborah R ^a,b   Yang, Ye ^a,b   Wohlhdter, Karen ^a,b   Dixon, Lisa B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEAMWORK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33644850260     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.3.361     Document Type: Article

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