Caregiver burden and coping patterns of Chinese parents of a child with a mental illness: Feature article

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-95

  Liu, Mengdan ^a,b   Lambert, Clinton E ^a   Lambert, Vickie A ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Child; Chinese; Mental illness; Parental coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ASIAN; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS;

EID: 33847662334     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00451.x     Document Type: Review

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