Well-being in Australia - Findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 503-509

  Dear, Keith ^a   Henderson, Scott ^a   Korten, Ailsa ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Epidemiology; Life satisfaction; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036947371     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0590-3     Document Type: Article

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