Communicating bad news: A model for emergency mental health helpers

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-207

  Nardi, Thomas J ^a   Keefe Cooperman, Kathleen ^b  

^a New York Center for Eclectic Cognitive Behavior Therapy

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bad news; Communication; Education; Emergency mental health workers; Training; Verbal crisis intervention

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; COUNSELING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33749478222     PISSN: 15224821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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