Public beliefs about causes and risk factors for mental disorders: Changes in Australia over 8 years

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 764-767

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Causes; Depression; Mental health literacy; Risk factors; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD; DEATH; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 26844566446     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0940-z     Document Type: Article

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