Correlates of knowledge and beliefs about depression among long-term care staff

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-363

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Arean, Patricia ^a   Bornfeld, Heather ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Education; Mental illness; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Nursing home; Training

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONVERSATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER ATTITUDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 42449107437     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1884     Document Type: Article

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