Family Interventions in Psychosis: A Review of the Evidence and Barriers to Implementation

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-68

  Bucci, Sandra ^a   Berry, Katherine ^a   Barrowclough, Christine ^a   Haddock, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family intervention; Implementation; Review; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955271521     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ap.12172     Document Type: Article

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