Mental health recovery on care farms and day centres: A qualitative comparative study of users' perspectives

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 573-583

  Iancu, Sorana C ^a   Zweekhorst, Marjolein B M ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^b   Van Balkom, Anton J L M ^b   Bunders, Joske F G ^a  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Day services; Farms; Mental health recovery; Social integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; SHELTERED WORKSHOP; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SHELTERED WORKSHOPS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84897377485     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.804595     Document Type: Article

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