Service users' experience of receiving bad news about their mental health

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Gallagher, Ann ^a   Arber, Anne ^a   Chaplin, Rob ^b   Quirk, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bad mental health news; Service users' experiences; Views of consumers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77949374277     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638230903469137     Document Type: Article

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