Health professionals' attitudes and emotions towards working with adults with intellectual disability (ID) and mental ill health

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 854-864

  Rose, N ^a   Kent, S ^a   Rose, J ^b  

^a Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b University of St Andrews South Street   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disability; Mental health; Staff attitudes; Staff emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865344951     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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