How can mental health professionals best be supported in working with people who experience significant distress?

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-554

  Priest, Penny ^a   Dunn, Cailzie ^a   Hackett, Jess ^b   Wills, Kathryn ^b  

^a Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community mental health teams; Diagnoses; Needs of workers; Personality disorder; Significant distress; Staff support; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANXIETY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 82655178769     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2011.577115     Document Type: Article

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