Belonging and doing: Important factors for satisfaction with sexual relations as perceived by people with persistent mental illness

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-347

  Eklund, Mona ^a,b   Östman, Margareta ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

daily activities; mental health; quality of life; schizophrenia; sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954945971     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008101635     Document Type: Article

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