Mental health and alcohol and other drug training for emergency department workers: One solution to help manage increasing demand

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-160

  King, Diane L ^a,c   Kalucy, Ross S ^a,c   De Crespigny, Charlotte F ^b,d   Stuhlmiller, Cynthia M ^b,d   Thomas, Lyndall J ^a,c  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Flinders Medical Centre ^*

^d School of Nursing and Midwifery

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drugs; Emergency departments; Mental health; Staff training

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 2342641976     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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