Mental health literacy of Australian Bachelor of Nursing students: A longitudinal study

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-67

  McCann, T V ^a   Lu, S ^a   Berryman, C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Interventions; Mental health literacy; Nursing students; Schizophrenia; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58349085403     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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