Ever onward: The personal strivings of young adults coping with serious mental illness and the hopes of their parents

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-112

  Stein, Catherine H ^a   Mann, Lissa M ^a   Hunt, Marcia G ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life course; Parents' hopes; Personal goals; Recovery; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947246100     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.104     Document Type: Article

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