Mental health literacy beliefs: A comparison of psychiatric trained nurses and enrolled nurses in Singapore

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 34-41

  Yeo, Soo Gim ^a   Parker, Gordon ^b,c   Yap, Hwa Ling ^a   Mahendran, Rathi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037362707     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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