Children as carers of parents with mental illness

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-35

  Cooklin, Alan ^a  

^a Family Project for Major Mental Illness for a central London district   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

explanation; kidstime; parental mental illness; perinatal psychiatry; protective impact; young carers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGLECT; PARENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 33845356387     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.2006.5.1.32     Document Type: Article

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