Non-helpful relationships with professionals – a literature review of the perspective of persons with severe mental illness*

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 267-277

  Ljungberg, Amanda ^a   Denhov, Anne ^a,b   Topor, Alain ^a,b,c  

^a Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alliance; non helpful relationships; review; severe mental illness; views attitudes of consumers

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; NON HELPFUL RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949756416     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2015.1101427     Document Type: Review

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