Relationships between occupational factors and health and well-being in individuals with persistent mental illness living in the community

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-313

  Eklund, Mona ^a   Leufstadius, Christel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Daily occupations; Psychiatry; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; CONTROL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449117091     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740707400403     Document Type: Article

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