Knowledge and attitudes of nurses, nursing students and psychiatric social workers concerning current suicide-related issues in Japan

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-292

  Kawanishi, Chiaki ^a   Sato, Ryoko ^a   Yamada, Tomoki ^a   Ikeda, Haruka ^a   Suda, Akira ^a   Hirayasu, Yoshio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STUDENT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIAL WORKER ATTITUDE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

EID: 40849086343     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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