Journal article
Relatives of patients with severe mental disorders: unique traits and experiences of primary, nonprimary, and lone caregivers.
- Abstract:
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The authors examined caregivers' characteristics and experiences. Previously suggested principles for identifying the primary caregiver in 22 multiple-caregiver families were assessed, but none reliably distinguished the primary caregiver. The authors then compared primary (n = 22), nonprimary (n = 22), and lone caregivers' (n = 43) appraisals of caregiving and psychological distress. Lone and primary caregivers' experiences were similar, but nonprimary caregivers' experiences were less adver...
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- Journal:
- American journal of orthopsychiatry
- Volume:
- 73
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 324-333
- Publication date:
- 2003-07-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1939-0025
- ISSN:
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0002-9432
- Source identifiers:
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176867
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:176867
- UUID:
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uuid:69c1972e-904b-499c-a696-bbf909034aae
- Local pid:
- pubs:176867
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2003
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