"It's overwhelming... Everything seems to be too much:" A theory of crisis for individuals with severe persistent mental illness

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-17

  Ball, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c   Links, Paul S ^b,c   Strike, Carol ^c,d   Boydell, Katherine M ^c,e  

^a Suicide Studies Unit   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUPHORIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IDENTITY CRISIS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 22544453323     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/29.2005.10.17     Document Type: Article

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