Social networks and personal loss among young adults with mental illness and their parents: A family perspective

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-21

  Stein, Catherine H ^a   Aguirre, Rosa ^a   Hunt, Marcia G ^b,c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Educational and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

families; loneliness; personal loss due to mental illness; social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047687982     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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