Hope in psychiatry: A review of the literature

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 421-433

  Schrank, B ^a   Stanghellini, G ^b   Slade, M ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence; Hope; Measurement; Qualitative analysis; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER; CONVALESCENCE; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 55949089993     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01271.x     Document Type: Review

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