Sexuality and Mental Illness: A small group approach

Schizophrenia and relationships: the effect of mental illness on sexuality.

This paper seeks to investigate the impact of mental illness on the sexuality of patients with a schizophrenic disorder who live in the community in a long-term relationship with a partner. We conducted qualitative, in-depth interviews with five such patients who were in treatment at a psychiatric outpatient clinic, and three of their partners. The data were analyzed by thematic analysis and id...

Corticosteroids in Neurological and Mental Illness

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Parenting and Mental Illness: A Group for Mothers

Parenting and Mental illness Popular conceptions of motherhood tend to exclude considerations of mental illness; nevertheless, women with mental illness do become pregnant and care for their children, a finding consistent across major diagnostic groups. Sixty-seven percent of women meeting criteria for severe and persistent mental illness over a 12-month period are mothers (Hinden et al., 2005)...

A church-based peer-led group intervention for mental illness

Meaning and Explanations of Mental Illness: A Social Representations Approach

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