Narratives reflecting the lived experiences of people with brain disorders: Common psychosocial difficulties and determinants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hartley, Sally ^a,b,c   McArthur, Maggie ^a   Coenen, Michaela ^d   Cabello, Maria ^e   Covelli, Venusia ^f   Roszczynska Michta, Joanna ^g   Pitkänen, Tuuli ^h   Bickenbach, Jerome ⁱ   Cieza, Alarcos ^d,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^g INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^h A klinikkasaatio Finland   (Finland)

ⁱ SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEAR; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NARRATIVE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DIFFICULTIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRUST; WORK; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE;

DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STROKE;

EID: 84900527158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096890     Document Type: Article

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