Attitude to personality disorder among prison officers working in a dangerous and severe personality disorder unit

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 333-342

  Bowers, Len ^a   Carr Walker, Paola ^a   Allan, Teresa ^a   Callaghan, Patrick ^a   Nijman, Henk ^a,c   Paton, Jo ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANAGER; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33748609677     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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