Primary caregivers of schizophrenia outpatients: Burden and predictor variables

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-343

  Grandón, Pamela ^a,b   Jenaro, Cristina ^c   Lemos, Serafín ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b Hospital Las Higueras   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Burden; Caregivers; Families; Predictor variables; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40349112962     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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