'Listen to my madness': Understanding the experiences of people with serious mental illness

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 649-669

  Lester, Helen ^a,c   Tritter, Jonathan Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Embodied irrationality; Impairment; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 23744505145     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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