Toward understanding the usefulness of complementary and alternative medicine for individuals with serious mental illnesses: Classification of perceived benefits

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Russinova, Zlatka ^a   Cash, Dane ^a   Wewiorski, Nancy J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The National Center on Family Homelessness   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Perceived benefits; Perceived efficacy; Recovery; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC THERAPY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; READING; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; THERAPY EFFECT; TOUCH; YOGA; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 59249085955     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819251fe     Document Type: Article

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