Looking at the world through a frosted window: Experiences of loneliness among persons with mental ill-health

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-120

  Lindgren, B M ^a   Sundbaum, J ^a   Eriksson, M ^a   Graneheim, U H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community based psychiatry; Emotional and social exclusion; Experiences of loneliness; Mental ill health; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84893745493     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12053     Document Type: Article

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