Ambivalent connections: A qualitative study of the care experiences of non-psychotic chronic patients who are perceived as 'difficult' by professionals

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Koekkoek, Bauke ^a,b   van Meijel, Berno ^c   van Ommen, Joyce ^d   Pennings, Renske ^a   Kaasenbrood, Ad ^a   Hutschemaekers, Giel ^a,e   Schene, Aart ^f  

^a ProPersona Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d Centrum Maliebaan Addiction Care   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78549265171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-96     Document Type: Article

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