Personal and Societal Construction of Illness among Individuals with Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder: A Life-Trajectory Perspective

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 718-726

  Sajatovic, Martha ^a,d   Jenkins, Janis H ^b   Safavi, Roknedin ^a,c   West, Jane A ^a   Cassidy, Kristin A ^a   Meyer, William J ^a   Calabrese, Joseph R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NorthEast Ohio Health Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bipolar disorder; Life course; Rapid cycling; Stigma; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449524249     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3180488346     Document Type: Article

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