Beliefs, suffering, and healing: A clinical practice model for families experiencing mental illness

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Marshall, Amy ^a   Bell, Janice M ^b   Moules, Nancy J ^b  

^a South Calgary Health Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family healing; Family nursing; Family Systems Nursing; Illness beliefs; Illness Beliefs Model; Illness suffering; Mental illness and families; Relational suffering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY NURSING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY NURSING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77955068145     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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