Reactions of staff members to the relocation of a psychiatric department to a new building

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 717-719

  Kagan, Ilya ^a,b   Kigli Shemesh, Ronit ^b,c   Bar Tal, Yoram ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2642517174     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.6.717     Document Type: Article

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