Finding a place in the world: The experience of recovery from severe mental illness

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-47

  Bradshaw, William ^a,d   Armour, Marilyn Peterson ^b   Roseborough, David ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic phenomenology; Lived experience; Mental illness; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449087543     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325007074164     Document Type: Article

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