The attitudes and practices of community managed mental health service staff in addressing physical health: Findings from a targetted online survey

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Johnson, Kirra ^a   Fry, Craig L ^b,c  

^a Neami Limited   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Australia; Mental health; Online survey; Physical health; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883716658     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2013.11.2.163     Document Type: Article

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