Experiences in applying skills learned in a Mental Health First Aid training course: A qualitative study of participants' stories

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a,b   Kitchener, Betty A ^a,b   Mugford, Stephen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTAL MAIL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; POSTAL SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 27944479659     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-43     Document Type: Article

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