Social networks among users of mental health day care. Predictors of social contacts and confiding relationships

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-474

  Catty, Jocelyn ^a   Goddard, Kim ^a   White, Sarah ^a   Burns, Tom ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confiding relationships; Day centres; Day hospitals; Long term mental health problems; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAY CARE; DAY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; DAY CARE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 22344446456     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0909-y     Document Type: Article

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