Substance use and mental illness among nurses: Workplace warning signs and barriers to seeking assistance

Substance Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-66

  Cares, Alexa ^a   Pace, Elizabeth ^b   Denious, Jean ^a   Crane, Lori A ^c  

^a OMNI Institute   (United States)

^b Peer Assistance Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; barriers to seeking assistance; drugs; mental illness; nurses; peer health assistance program; substance use; worksite warning signs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SHAME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925854454     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2014.933725     Document Type: Article

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