Speaking your mind: Measuring the subjective quality of life of children with mental illnesses

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1277-1291

  Clark, Elizabeth Ellen ^a,b   Carlisle, Sally S ^b   Giard, April ^b   Turner, Winston M ^c  

^a HUSSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Acadia Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 36749086502     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840701686385     Document Type: Review

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