Experience, knowledge and attitudes of mental health staff regarding patients' problematic drug and alcohol use

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Siegfried, Nandi ^a   Ferguson, Joanne ^b   Cleary, Michelle ^c   Walter, Garry ^d   Rey, Joseph M ^d  

^a Rozelle Hospital   (Australia)

^b Area Mental Health   (Australia)

^c Central Sydney Area Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug and alcohol; Dual diagnosis (psychiatry); Knowledge; Staff attitudes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; DRUG ABUSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032959732     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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