Improving Australians' depression literacy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Parslow, Ruth A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF HELP; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037038177     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04870.x     Document Type: Review

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