Formal and informal social networks of women with serious mental illness

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-127

  Pickens, Judith M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0038137030     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840305296     Document Type: Article

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