What's in a service? Consumers' views of Australian Mental Health Services

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-204

  Malins, Gillian ^a,d   Oades, Lindsay ^b   Viney, Linda ^b,c   Aspden, Sam ^d  

^a Mental Health Inc   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Illawarra Institute for Mental Health   (Australia)

^d CEO MHS ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

EID: 31444448824     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/29.2006.197.204     Document Type: Article

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