A critical discussion of the concept of recovery for mental health consumers in the emergency department

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 96-102

  Marynowski Traczyk, Donna ^a   Moxham, Lorna ^a   Broadbent, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumers; Emergency Department; Mental health; Recovery; Registered Nurses; The Recovery oriented model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMERS; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOVERY; REGISTERED NURSES; STANDARD; THE RECOVERY-ORIENTED MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONSUMERS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; RECOVERY; REGISTERED NURSES; THE RECOVERY-ORIENTED MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84881617599     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.05.002     Document Type: Note

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