Social climate along the pathway of care in women's secure mental health service: Variation with level of security, patient motivation, therapeutic alliance and level of disturbance

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-214

  Long, C G ^a   Anagnostakis, K ^a   Fox, E ^a   Silaule, P ^a   Somers, J ^a   West, R ^a   Webster, A ^a  

^a Department of Psychology Psychological Therapies St Andrew's Healthcare ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959687701     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: 14712857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.791     Document Type: Article

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