Staff attitudes towards particular client difficulties in assertive outreach teams

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Jones, Rowena ^a   McGovern, Dermot ^b   Reading, Bethan ^c  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ladywood Assertive Outreach Team ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Research Fellow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assertive outreach; Attitudes; Keyworkers; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952758972     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700011241     Document Type: Article

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