A comparison of attitudes towards mental illness and knowledge of mental health services between Australian and Asian students

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-56

  Fan, Cynthia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; STUDENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032948297     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018795925455     Document Type: Article

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