Mental health first aid responses of the public: Results from an Australian national survey

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Blewitt, Kelly A ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Kitchener, Betty A ^a   Parslow, Ruth A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FIRST AID; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 23844508289     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-9     Document Type: Article

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