"It's the day-to-day living that matters": The meaning and process of community in the lives of a couple with significant psychiatric disabilities

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 807-832

  Royce Davis, Joanna C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community inclusion; Community integration; Qualitative research; Significant psychiatric disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NEW ENGLAND; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035751770     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012957014209     Document Type: Article

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