Autobiography as tool to improve lifestyle, well being, and self-narrative in patients with mental disorders

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 564-571

  Smorti, Andrea ^a   Pananti, Bianca ^a   Rizzo, Aida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

autobiographical laboratory; History of life; psychiatric inpatient; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYCLOTHYMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; INTROSPECTION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECREATION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; NARRATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77955599003     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ea4e59     Document Type: Article

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