Autobiography as a tool for self-construction: A study of patients with mental disorders

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 531-537

  Smorti, Andrea ^a   Risaliti, Francesco ^b   Pananti, Bianca ^a   Cipriani, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Meoste Florence Health Company   (Italy)

Author keywords

Psychiatric inpatient; Psychotherapy.; Self narrative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NARRATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 48449091048     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31817cf70f     Document Type: Article

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