Burden and health in relatives of persons with severe mental illness: A Norwegian cross-sectional study

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 804-815

  Weimand, Bente M ^a,b,c   Hedelin, Birgitta ^b,d   Sllstrm, Christina ^b   Hall Lord, Marie Louise ^b,d  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650012987     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2010.520819     Document Type: Article

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