Developing the concept of family involvement and the alienation questionnaire in the context of psychiatric care

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-449

  Ewertzon, Mats ^a,b   Lützén, Kim ^a,b   Svensson, Elisabeth ^b   Andershed, Birgitta ^b,c  

^a School of Health Care and Social Sciences   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family involvement; Psychiatric care; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 54949085379     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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