The views and experiences of severely mentally ill mothers - A qualitative study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 472-482

  Diaz Caneja, Angeles ^a,b   Johnson, Sonia ^c  

^a St Mary's Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Care Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motherhood; Parenting; Psychosis; Severe mental illness; Views about services; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4344574432     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0772-2     Document Type: Article

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