Spider in a jar: Women who have recovered from psychosis and their experience of the mental health care system

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-63

  Hagen, Brad ^a   Nixon, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health care system (or consumer); Psychiatry; Psychosis; Qualitative; Recovery; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79953758691     PISSN: 15594343     EISSN: 19389000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.13.1.47     Document Type: Article

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