Reworking therapeutic landscapes: The spatiality of an 'alternative' self-help group

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1827-1833

  Laws, Jennifer ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Psychiatric survivorship; Self help; Talking therapies; Therapeutic landscapes; UK

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; MENTAL HEALTH; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF HELP; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749087281     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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