Burden on caregivers of people with schizophrenia: Comparison between Germany and Britain

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue APR., 2007, Pages 333-338

  Roick, Christiane ^a   Heider, Dirk ^a   Bebbington, Paul E ^b   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a   Azorin, Jean Michel ^c   Brugha, Traolach S ^d   Kilian, Reinhold ^e   Johnson, Sonia ^f   Toumi, Mondher ^g   Kornfeld, Åsa ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Service Hospitalo Universitaire de Psychiatrie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g Lundbeck   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34147206902     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.025353     Document Type: Article

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