Quality of life, loneliness and social contact among long-term psychiatric patients;Livskvalitet, ensomhet og sosial kontakt hos mennesker med langvarige psykiske lidelser

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-55

  Borge, Lisbet ^a   Martinsen, Egil W ^b   Ruud, Torleif ^a   Watne, Øyvind ^b   Friis, Svein ^c  

^a Avdeling for Helsefag ^*  (Norway)

^b Sentralsjukehuset i Sogn og Fjordane   (Norway)

^c Avd Forskning og Undervisning   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0034627610     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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