The importance of work as compared to other forms of daily occupations for wellbeing and functioning among persons with long-term mental illness

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 465-477

  Eklund, Mona ^a   Hansson, Lars ^a   Ahlqvist, Carin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

daily occupations; health; mental illness; psychiatry; wellbeing; work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONS; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 4544255880     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COMH.0000040659.19844.c2     Document Type: Article

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