Relationships among perceived burden, depressive cognitions, resourcefulness, and quality of life in female relatives of seriously mentally ill adults

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-150

  Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^a   Bekhet, Abir K ^b   Suresky, M Jane ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 68249114024     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840802557204     Document Type: Article

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