Informal caregivers in early psychosis: Evaluation of need for psychosocial intervention and unresolved grief

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-299

  Mulligan, John ^a   Sellwood, William ^b   Reid, Graeme S ^c   Riddell, Suzanne ^d   Andy, Natasha ^e  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASHIRE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early intervention in psychosis; Informal caregiver; Need; Relative; Unresolved grief.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDINAL NEEDS SCHEDULE AND THE TEXAS INVENTORY OF GRIEF; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOSIS; INFORMAL CAREGIVER; NEED; RELATIVE; UNRESOLVED GRIEF.;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881544032     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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