The changing role of mother of the mentally ill: From schizophrenogenic mother to multigenerational caregiver

Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-294

  Seeman, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 70350155601     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2009.72.3.284     Document Type: Review

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