Psychosocial disadvantages in the lives of persons with long-term mental illness living in a Swedish community

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-463

  Erdner, A ^a,e   Nystrom M ^b   Severinsson, E ^c   Lutzen K ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnographic study; Loneliness; Long term mental illness; Meaningful existence; Psychosocial disadvantages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWEDEN; TIME;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036675010     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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