Parenting among mothers with bipolar disorder: Strengths, challenges, and service needs

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-408

  Venkataraman, Meenakshi J ^a   Ackerson, Barry ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Challenges; Mothers; Parenting; Psychosis; Qualitative study; Service needs; Strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449142623     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10522150802441825     Document Type: Article

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