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Chapter 11 - Schizophrenia and motherhood

from Section 3 - Specific disorders: the impact on children, parenting, and family relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2015

By
Mary V. Seeman
Edited by
Andrea Reupert ,
Darryl Maybery ,
Joanne Nicholson ,
Michael Göpfert  and
Mary V. Seeman
Andrea Reupert
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
Darryl Maybery
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
Joanne Nicholson
Affiliation:
Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
Michael Göpfert
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Mary V. Seeman
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Parental Psychiatric Disorder
Distressed Parents and their Families
 , pp. 107 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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