Living situation, subjective quality of life and social network among individuals with schizophrenia living in community settings

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 343-350

  Hansson, L ^a,i   Middelboe, T ^b   Sorgaard K W ^c   Bengtsson Tops, A ^d   Bjarnason, O ^d   Merinder, L ^e   Nilsson, L ^d   Sandlund, M ^f   Korkeila, J ^g   Vinding, H R ^h  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Community Mental Health Center Møntmestervej ^*  (Denmark)

^c Nordland Psychiatric Hospital   (Norway)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Sweden)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^h ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Quality of life; Schizophrenia; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 18644386498     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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