Impact of psychosis on Portuguese caregivers: A cross-cultural exploration of burden, distress, positive aspects and clinical-functional correlates

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-335

  Gonçalves Pereira, Manuel ^a   Xavier, Miguel ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Bob ^b   Papoila, Ana L ^c   Schene, Aart H ^d   Caldas De Almeida, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Cross cultural psychiatry; Family member; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878390481     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0516-7     Document Type: Article

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