Assessing the family functioning of Inner-City African-American families living with schizophrenia with the McMaster family assessment device

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-253

  Guada, Joseph ^a   Brekke, John S ^b   Floyd, Reta ^c   Barbour, Jack ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Barbour and Floyd Medical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Family functioning; McMaster family assessment device; Poorer African American families; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951570371     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332980903217982     Document Type: Article

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