The Effects of the Gatekeeper Suicide-Awareness Program for Nursing Personnel

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Tsai, Wen Pei ^a   Lin, Long Yau ^a   Chang, Hui Chin ^a   Yu, Li Shiuan ^b   Chou, Ming Chih ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Beitou Armed Forces Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Education; Gatekeeper for suicide prevention; Nursing personnel; Suicide awareness program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959610073     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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