Are mental health staff getting better at asking about abuse and neglect?

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-104

  Sampson, Maria ^a   Read, John ^b  

^a AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abuse; assault; assessment; maltreatment; neglect; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; RAPE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84985957728     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12237     Document Type: Article

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