Differential aspects of consultation-liaison psychiatry in a Saudi hospital. II: Knowledge and attitudes of physicians and patients

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Alhamad, A M ^a   Al Sawaf, M H ^b   Osman, A A ^c   Ibrahim, I S ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STAFF TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEGATIVISM; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF EFFICACY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33749480396     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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