Continuity of care for carers of people with severe mental illness: Results of a longitudinal study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 663-670

  Burns, Tom ^a   Catty, Jocelyn ^b   Harvey, Kate ^c   White, Sarah ^b   Jones, Ian Rees ^d   McLaren, Susan ^e   Wykes, Til ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carers; Continuity of care; emotional wellbeing; severe and enduring mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTIONAL WELLBEING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERE AND ENDURING MENTAL ILLNESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

CARERS; CONTINUITY OF CARE; EMOTIONAL WELLBEING; SEVERE AND ENDURING MENTAL ILLNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84886427997     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012450996     Document Type: Article

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