Employer and employment agency attitudes towards employing individuals with mental health needs

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-516

  Biggs, David ^b   Hovey, Nicola ^a   Tyson, Philip J ^b   MacDonald, Sophie ^b  

^a Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employer attitudes; employment agency attitudes; mental health awareness; Mental health discrimination; perceptions of mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PEER REVIEW; TRUST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78649746253     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2010.507683     Document Type: Article

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