Impact of graduate mental health workers upon primary care mental health: A qualitative study

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-493

  Farrand, Paul ^a   Duncan, Fiona ^a   Byng, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Plymouth Teaching PCT ^*

Author keywords

Accessibility; Graduate mental health worker; Mental health; Primary care; Qualitative; Role

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34547815699     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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