Social Support and Psychiatric Disorder
Subtitle: Research Findings and Guidelines for Clinical Practice (Studies in Social and Community Psychiatry)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780521038058
Subjects: Psychiatry; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Mental Illness; Medical / Psychiatry; Psychology : Mental Illness; Psychiatry - General; Mentally ill; Social adjustment; Social networks; Therapeutic use
First sentence: There is growing evidence that social support is important for physical and psychological health as well as for survival (House et al., 1988).