Subjective life satisfaction and living situations of persons in Finland with long-term schizophrenia

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-381

  Salokangas, Raimo K R ^a,e   Honkonen, Teija ^b   Stengård, Eija ^c   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^d  

^a Turku Psychiatric Clinic   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33644845959     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.3.373     Document Type: Article

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