Mental health support for children of parents with somatic illness: A review of the theory and intervention concepts

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-118

  Diareme, Stavroula ^a   Tsiantis, John ^a   Romer, Georg ^b   Tsalamanios, Emanuel ^a   Anasontzi, Sophia ^a   Paliokosta, Elena ^a   Kolaitis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child and family intervention; Child psychotherapy; Children of parents with illness; Group intervention

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 33847619949     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.25.1.98     Document Type: Review

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