The outcome of family interventions for the mothers of schizophrenia patients in Iran

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 634-646

  Koolaee, Anahita Khodabakhshi ^a   Etemadi, Ahmad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

family interventions; Iran; mothers of schizophrenia patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGED; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77958580813     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009344144     Document Type: Article

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