Mental health: What do we know, how did we find it out and what does it mean for nurses?

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Pavis, S ^a   Secker, J ^b   Cunningham Burley, S ^a   Masters, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Positive mental health; Research methods

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031995831     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1998.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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