"I hope I can make it out there": Perceptions of women with severe mental Illness on the transition from hospital to community

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-308

  Manuel, Jennifer I ^a   Hinterland, Kinjia ^b   Conover, Sarah ^c   Herman, Daniel B ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Community integration; Gender based services; Mental illness; Qualitative; Service needs; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864837168     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9442-5     Document Type: Article

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