Factors associated with emotional distress among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Katsina, Nigeria

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Yusuf, Abdulkareem Jika ^a   Nuhu, Folorunsho Tajudeen ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Neuro Psychiatry Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Emotional distress; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79251627160     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0166-6     Document Type: Article

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