Family functioning in first-episode psychosis: A systematic review of the literature

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1023-1036

  Koutra, Katerina ^a   Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Lionis, Christos ^a   Triliva, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Family burden; Family functioning; First episode psychosis

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW;

EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903787688     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0816-6     Document Type: Review

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