Retirement and mental health: Analysis of the Australian national survey of mental health and well-being

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1179-1191

  Butterworth, Peter ^a   Gill, Sarah C ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Villamil, Elena ^c   Melzer, David ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anxiety; Australia; Depression; Mental health; Retirement

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 31144455471     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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