Explanations of illness experiences among community mental health patients: An argument for the use of an ethnographic interview method in routine clinical care

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-38

  Owiti, John A ^a   Palinski, Andrea ^a   Ajaz, Ali ^a,b   Ascoli, Micol ^a,b   De Jongh, Bertine ^a   Bhui, Kamaldeep S ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTS EXPLANATORY MODEL INVENTORY AND CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL CONSULTATION SERVICE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENGLAND; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LONDON; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84924386743     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.995602     Document Type: Article

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