Community mental health nurses' views of their role in the treatment of people with common mental disorders

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-129

  Simons, Lucy ^a   Lathlean, Judith ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Community mental health nurses; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34250021875     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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