Beyond silence: protocol for a randomized parallel-group trial comparing two approaches to workplace mental health education for healthcare employees

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Moll, Sandra ^a   Patten, Scott Burton ^b   Stuart, Heather ^c   Kirsh, Bonnie ^d   MacDermid, Joy Christine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Healthcare; Mental health; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ONTARIO; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORKPLACE;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84930210088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0363-9     Document Type: Article

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