Caregiving for persons with mental illness: The impact of outpatient commitment on caregiving strain

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 554-562

  Groff, April ^a   Burns, Barbara ^b   Swanson, Jeffrey ^b   Swartz, Marvin ^b   Wagner, H Ryan ^b   Tompson, Martha ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver strain; Caregiving for the mentally ill; Outpatient commitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VIOLENCE;

AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4143145362     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000135496.49234.b9     Document Type: Article

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