Support workers' attitudes to mental illness: Implications for reducing stigma

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 179-181

  Tipper, Rebecca ^a   Mountain, Deborah ^b   Lorimer, Stuart ^c   McIntosh, Andrew ^b  

^a Borders Community Addictions Team   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Paterson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33646430630     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.30.5.179     Document Type: Article

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