The loneliness of the long-anxious learner: Mental illness, narrative biography and learning to write

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-58

  Sagan, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Loneliness; Mental illness; Narrative; Reparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549130816     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: 14753626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753630701768974     Document Type: Article

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