Children's perceptions of living with a parent with a mental illness: Finding the rhythm and maintaining the frame

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1127-1144

  Mordoch, Elaine ^a   Hall, Wendy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Disability; Families; Grounded theory; Growth and development; High risk; Marginalized populations; Mental health and illness; Nursing; Parent child; Psychiatry; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRAWING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS;

EID: 48049106156     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308320775     Document Type: Article

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