Is ricoeur's notion of narrative identity useful in understanding recovery in drug addicts?

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 990-1000

  Taïeb, Olivier ^a   Révah Lévy, Anne ^b,c   Moro, Marie Rose ^b,c   Baubet, Thierry ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Addictions; Recovery; Ricoeur; Stories; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LITERATURE; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

HUMANS; LITERATURE; NARRATION; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45249093446     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308318041     Document Type: Article

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