Understanding the process of adjustment to illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1153-1166

  Sharpe, Louise ^a   Curran, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Anxiety; Depression; Illness; Psychological treatment

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SICK ROLE;

EID: 31144440486     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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