Family Functioning in First-Episode and Chronic Psychosis: The Role of Patient’s Symptom Severity and Psychosocial Functioning

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 710-723

  Koutra, Katerina ^a   Triliva, Sofia ^a   Roumeliotaki, Theano ^a   Basta, Maria ^a   Lionis, Christos ^a   Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expressed emotion; Family burden; Family functioning; Psychological distress; Psychosocial functioning; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939505628     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9916-y     Document Type: Article

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