A new self-report questionnaire called "ABC" to evaluate in a clinical practice the aid perceived from services by relatives, needs and family burden of severe mental illness

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Veltro, Franco ^a   Morosini, Pier Luigi ^b   Gigantesco, Antonella ^b   Casacchia, Massimo ^c   Roncone, Rita ^c   Dell'Acqua, Giuseppe ^a   Chiaia, Elvira ^a   Balbi, Andrea ^a   De Stefani, Renzo ^a   Cesari, Giampiero ^a  

^a Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE VALIDITY; FAMILY SERVICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 35448965538     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-3-15     Document Type: Article

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