Social support perceptions of Turkish people with schizophrenia: What helps and what doesn't help

2017-11-01
Karancı, Ayşe Nuray
Gök, Ali Can
Borhan, Nilsu
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Background: Social support is an important facilitator of the quality of life for people with schizophrenia. This study examines what is perceived as helpful and unhelpful support from the members of the natural social networks by 32 Turkish people with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia, social support, Emotional support, Instrumental support, Socialization support
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30057
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Article

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A. N. Karancı, A. C. Gök, and N. Borhan, “Social support perceptions of Turkish people with schizophrenia: What helps and what doesn’t help,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, pp. 657–665, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30057.
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