Attitudes to health promotion interventions among patients in mental health services - Differences in relation to socio-demographic, clinical and health-related variables

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-135

  Svedberg, Petra ^a,b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; gender; health; health promotion; mental health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952767022     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2010.507684     Document Type: Article

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