Women's conceptions of coping with major depression in daily life: A qualitative, salutogenic approach

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-439

  Skärsäter, Ingela ^a,b   Dencker, Karina ^a   Bergbom, Ingegerd ^a   Häggström, Lars ^b   Fridlund, Bengt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 10744222492     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840305313     Document Type: Article

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