"The old me could never have done that": How people give meaning to recovery following depression

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1038-1053

  Ridge, Damien ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Depression; Identity; Narratives; Recovery; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLING; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STORYTELLING; SUPPORT GROUP; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NARRATION; SELF EFFICACY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33748299514     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306292132     Document Type: Article

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