Mental health: the way forward. A grounded theory on the experience of mental health consumers living in the Western Australian community

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Mental health: the way forward. A grounded theory on the experience of mental health consumers living in the Western Australian community

Many people with a mental disorder are desperate to improve their situations. It is therefore timely that a substantive theory on what it means to live with a mental illness in Western society is developed that explores a way forward for them. This study goes back to the grassroots and finds out fro...

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Main Author:	Mostafanejad, Karola
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2010
Subjects:	mental health consumers major depression schizophrenia bipolar disorder social psychological problem personal struggle disempowering conditions transformation mental disorder Western Australian community
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63

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