Primary caregivers of schizophrenia outpatients: Burden and predictor variables
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Running Head: PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA OUTPATIENTS Primary caregivers of schizophrenia outpatients: burden and predictor variables
This paper explores family burden in relation to relatives' coping strategies and social network, as well as in relation to the patients’ severity of positive and negative symptoms. Data on the severity of symptoms (PANSS), social functioning (SFS), caregivers burden (ECFOS), coping skills (FCQ), and social support (SNQ) were gathered from a randomized sample of 101 Chilean outpatients and thei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0165-1781
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.013