Social network activation: The role of health discussion partners in recovery from mental illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-128

  Perry, Brea L ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentric social networks; Habitus; Help seeking; Mental illness; Network Episode Model; Psychiatric disorder; Social support

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919883059     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.033     Document Type: Article

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