Fostering Recovery from Life-transforming Mental Health Disorders: A Synthesis and Model

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-314

  Green, Carla A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual model; mental health; mental illness; policy; recovery; serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746315844     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700036     Document Type: Article

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