Psychiatric medication and meaning-making in a residential program for adults with serious mental illness

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-499

  Bentley, Kia J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community based research; lived experience; meaning and identity; psychiatric medication; serious mental illness; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650980945     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325010367822     Document Type: Article

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