Family needs and related factors in caring for a family member with mental illness: Adopting assertive community treatment in Japan where family caregivers play a large role in community care

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-590

  Sono, Tamaki ^a,b   Oshima, Iwao ^c   Ito, Junichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Japan College of Social Work   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment; Family; Mental illness; Needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH STATUS; JAPAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 53149141406     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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