Sibling perspectives on severe mental illness: Reflections on self and family

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-501

  Lukens, Ellen P ^a   Thorning, Helle ^b   Lohrer, Steven ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SIBLING; THEORY;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS;

EID: 8444225808     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.4.489     Document Type: Review

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