Illness representations among people with non-epileptic seizures attending a neuropsychiatry clinic: A qualitative study based on the self-regulation model

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 331-339

  Green, Andrew ^a   Payne, Sheila ^b   Barnitt, Rosemary ^c  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Illness representations; Non epileptic seizures; Qualitative methods; Self regulation model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2942707966     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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