Social work roles and activities regarding psychiatric medication: Results of a national survey

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-303

  Bentley, Kia J ^a   Walsh, Joseph ^a   Farmer, Rosemary L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical social work; Mental health; Psychiatric medication; Research; Social work roles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745645782     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.4.295     Document Type: Article

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