Experience of child and adolescent mental health clinicians working within an at-risk mental state for psychosis service: A qualitative study

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Welsh, Patrick ^a,b   Tiffin, Paul A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Royal College of Psychiatrists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High risk; Mental health service; Psychosis; Youth

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AT RISK MENTAL STATE FOR PSYCHOSIS; CHILD CARE; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84859888131     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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