Can urban regeneration programmes assist coping and recovery for people with mental illness? Suggestions from a qualitative case study

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Whitley, Rob ^a,b   Prince, Martin ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Qualitative; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONDON; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 33344456246     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dai024     Document Type: Article

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