Narratives reflecting the lived experiences of people with brain disorders: common psychosocial difficulties and determinants.

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Published in PLoS One on May 07, 2014

Authors

Sally Hartley1, Maggie McArthur2, Michaela Coenen3, Maria Cabello4, Venusia Covelli5, Joanna Roszczynska-Michta6, Tuuli Pitkänen7, Jerome Bickenbach8, Alarcos Cieza9

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
2: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
3: Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology - IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany.
4: Instituto de Salud Carlos lll CIBERSAM, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Instituto de investigacion de la Princesa (IIS-IP), Madrid, Spain.
5: Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit, Scientific Directorate, Neurological Institute Carlo Besta IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy.
6: Institute of Neurology and Psychiatry, Warsaw, Poland.
7: A-Clinic Foundation (A-klinikkasäätiö), Helsinki, Finland.
8: Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPR), Nottwil, Switzerland.
9: Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology - IBE, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research, Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany; Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPR), Nottwil, Switzerland; Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.

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