Belief systems of the general public concerning the appropriate treatments for mental disorders

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 468-473

  Jorm, A F ^a   Korten, A E ^a   Rodgers, B ^a   Pollitt, P ^a   Jacomb, P A ^a   Christensen, H ^a   Jiao, Z ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030680980     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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