What is psychosis? A meta-synthesis of inductive qualitative studies exploring the experience of psychosis

Psychosis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  McCarthy Jones, Simon ^a,c   Marriott, Michael ^b,c   Knowles, Rebecca ^c   Rowse, Georgina ^c   Thompson, Andrew R ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experience of using services; First person account; Interpersonal relationships; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Stigma; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873681822     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2011.647051     Document Type: Article

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