Empowering caregivers: Impact analysis of FamilyLink Education Programme (FLEP) in Hong Kong, Taipei and Bangkok

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-39

  Chiu, Marcus Y L ^a   Wei, Grace F W ^b   Lee, Sing ^c   Choovanichvong, Somrak ^d   Wong, Frank H T ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Sritanya Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

caregivers; empowerment; mental illness; Psycho education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872980742     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011423171     Document Type: Article

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