The importance of context in fostering responsive community systems: Supports for families in systems of care

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Cook, James R ^a   Kilmer, Ryan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver strain; Cluster analysis; Families of children with emotional disturbance; Informal support; Mental health professions; Natural helpers; Poverty; Professionalism; Social capital; Systems of care; Wraparound services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952851691     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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