"I really don't know whether it is still there": Ambivalent acceptance of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-165

  Inder, Maree L ^a   Crowe, Marie T ^a   Joyce, Peter R ^a   Moor, Stephanie ^a   Carter, Janet D ^b   Luty, Sue E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Ambivalence; Bipolar disorder; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD CHANGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 77954457076     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-010-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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