Peer workers' role in smoking-cessation groups for people with mental illness

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-248

  Ashton, Maxie ^a   Mulconray, Sheryl ^a   Weston, Mark ^a   Rigby, Ashlee ^b   Galletly, Cherrie ^c  

^a Tobacco and Mental Illness Project   (Australia)

^b Adelaide Clinic   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Mental illness; Peer worker; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; WELLBEING;

ADDICTION; MENTAL ILLNESS; PEER WORKER; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84880752191     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856212466924     Document Type: Article

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