Staff experiences and perceptions of working with in-patients who are suicidal: Qualitative analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 103-108

  Awenat, Yvonne ^a   Peters, Sarah ^a   Shaw Nunez, Emma ^a   Gooding, Patricia ^a   Pratt, Daniel ^a   Haddock, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORK EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 85026842239     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.191817     Document Type: Article

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