Exercise as therapy for schizophrenia: An ethnographic study

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-69

  Faulkner, Guy ^a   Sparkes, Andrew ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Exercise intervention; Mental health; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241408     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.21.1.52     Document Type: Article

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