From narrative wreckage to islands of clarity: Stories of recovery from psychosis

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1271-1275

  Gold, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a Halifax Health Centre ^*

^b Halifax Regional Municipality   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NARRATIVE; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STORYTELLING; SUPPORT GROUP;

HUMANS; NARRATION; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 38849090813     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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