The pattern of psychiatric morbidity in a victorian urban aboriginal general practice population

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 40-47

  McKendrick, Jane ^a,b   Cutter, Trevor ^c   MacKenzie, Alan ^c   Chiu, Edmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Aboriginal Mental Health Network ^*

^c Victorian Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ABORIGINES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 0026571860     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679209068308     Document Type: Article

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