Pharmacists' beliefs about treatments and outcomes of mental disorders: A mental health literacy survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1089-1096

  O'Reilly, Claire L ^a   Simon Bell, J ^a,b   Chen, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

attitudes; depression; mental health literacy; pharmacists; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MENTAL HEALTH; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78449303620     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.512864     Document Type: Article

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