Meaning in life, insight and self-stigma among people with severe mental illness

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-200

  Ehrlich Ben Or, Shir ^a   Hasson Ohayon, Ilanit ^a   Feingold, Daniel ^a   Vahab, Kobi ^a   Amiaz, Revital ^b   Weiser, Mark ^b   Lysaker, Paul H ^c,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84872782896     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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