Stress-coping morbidity among family members of addiction patients in Singapore

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-447

  Lee, Kae Meng Thomas ^a   Manning, Victoria ^a,b   Teoh, Hui Chin ^a   Winslow, Munidasa ^c   Lee, Arthur ^d   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Guo, Song ^a   Wong, Kim Eng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Addiction; Coping; Family; Singapore; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SINGAPORE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79960002404     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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