Talking About Sexuality With Consumers of Mental Health Services

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-20

  Quinn, Chris ^a   Happell, Brenda ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BETTER model; Consumer; Mental health nursing; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872139494     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2012.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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