The family in Italy: Cultural changes and implications for treatment

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Luciano, Mario ^a   Sampogna, Gaia ^a   Del Vecchio, Valeria ^a   Giacco, Domenico ^a   Mulè, Alice ^b   De Rosa, Corrado ^a   Fiorillo, Andrea ^a   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STROKE;

CULTURE; DIVORCE; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84860212521     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2012.656306     Document Type: Review

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