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Resilience in children of parents with mental illness: Relations between mental health literacy, social connectedness and coping, and both adjustment and caregiving

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Pages 573-584 | Received 12 Nov 2008, Accepted 20 Jul 2009, Published online: 19 Oct 2009

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