Prose not Prozac? The role of book prescription schemes and healthy reading schemes in the treatment of mental illness in Ireland

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-36

  Neville, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bibliotherapy; Book prescription schemes; Critical discourse analysis; Healthy reading schemes; Institutionalisation; Irish mental health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883884258     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2013.22.1.19     Document Type: Article

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