Evaluation of a resilience-based intervention for children of parents with mental illness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1041-1050

  Fraser, Eliza ^a   Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Parental mental illness; Psychosocial intervention; Young carers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 56749179077     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802512065     Document Type: Article

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