Information in mental health: Qualitative study of mental health service users

Health Expectations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-365

  Powell, John ^a   Clarke, Aileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information; Interviews; Mental health; Patients; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 33750709294     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2006.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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