Impact of mental health first aid training on pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes and self-reported behaviour: A controlled trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 549-557

  O'Reilly, Claire L ^a   Bell, J Simon ^a,b,c   Kelly, Patrick J ^d   Chen, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health first aid; Mental health literacy; Mental health services; Pharmacists; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 79959889511     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.585454     Document Type: Article

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