Emotional pain: Surviving mental health problems related to childhood experiences

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 636-645

  Holm, A L ^a,b,c   Begat I ^c,e   Severinsson, E ^d  

^a Department of Nursing Education ^*  (Norway)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood experiences; Emotional pain; Interpretive content analysis; Qualitative research; Suffering; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 68849103936     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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