Challenges and Struggles: Lived Experiences of Individuals With Co-occurring Disorders

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 76-88

  Villena, Anna Liza D ^a,b   Chesla, Catherine A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77949490485     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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