Staff knowledge and attitudes towards deliberate self-harm in adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 619-629

  Crawford, Tanya ^a,c   Geraghty, Wendy ^b   Street, Karen ^b   Simonoff, Emily ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Munro Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORKER; STAFF TRAINING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0142244177     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-1971(03)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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