Smoking: Time for the mental health system to confront its ambivalence own

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-205

  Allan, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Practitioner attitudes; Smoking cessation The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2013.

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

AMBIVALENCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; EDITORIAL; LAW SUIT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; PRACTITIONER ATTITUDES; SMOKING CESSATION;

HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84880719021     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856213486212     Document Type: Editorial

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