Guided self-help in primary care mental health: Meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of patient experience

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-211

  Khan, Nagina ^a   Bower, Peter ^a   Rogers, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34548770544     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.032011     Document Type: Article

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