The forgotten caregivers: Siblings of schizophrenic patients

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-337

  Schmid, Rita ^a   Schielein, Tanja ^a   Binder, Harald ^b   Hajak, Göran ^a   Spiessl, Hermann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Hospital Landshut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Family burden; Psychiatric patients; Schizophrenia; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING;

EID: 70350754527     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651500903141400     Document Type: Article

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