Stressors and common mental disorder in informal carers - An analysis of the English Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-198

  Stansfeld, Stephen ^a   Smuk, Melanie ^a   Onwumere, Juliana ^b   Clark, Charlotte ^a   Pike, Cleo ^a   McManus, Sally ^c   Harris, Jenny ^b   Bebbington, Paul ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Common mental disorders; Mental health; Social support; Socioeconomic status; Stress; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEBT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907553446     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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