A Qualitative Inquiry into the Taiwanese Mentally Ill Persons' Difficulties Living in the Community

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 266-276

  Lin, Ching Lan Esther ^a,b,c,d   Kopelowicz, Alex ^a,b,c,d   Chan, Chin Hong ^a,b,c,d   Hsiung, Ping Chuan ^a,b,c,d  

^a Taichung University   (Taiwan)

^b San Fernando Mental Health Care Center   (United States)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DENIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 52249096173     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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