Beyond the 50-Minute Hour: Increasing Control, Choice, and Connections in the Lives of Low-Income Women

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Goodman, Lisa A ^a   Smyth, Katya Fels ^b   Banyard, Victoria ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Full Frame Initiative ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice and control; Community interventions; Poverty; Powerlessness; Qualitative methods; Social isolation; Social support; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; POWERLESSNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 77952823909     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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