Emotional over-involvement can be deleterious for caregivers' health

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 716-723

  Breitborde, Nicholas J K ^a   López, Steven R ^b   Chang, Christina ^c   Kopelowicz, Alex ^c   Zarate, Roberto ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Caregiver health; Expressed emotion; Schizophrenia; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 69849100197     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0492-0     Document Type: Article

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