A nurse-led, needs-based psycho-education intervention for Chinese patients with first-onset mental illness

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-209

  Chien, Wai Tong ^a   Leung, Sau Fong ^a   Chu, Cecilia ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced nursing practice; Controlled trial; First episode mental illness; Needs based intervention; Psycho education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855438222     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.40.2.194     Document Type: Article

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