Views and experiences of employment among people with psychosis: A qualitative descriptive study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-316

  Marwaha, Steven ^a   Johnson, Sonia ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB FINDING; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 29644444977     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005057386     Document Type: Article

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