Mental health literacy in rural Queensland: Results of a community survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 783-789

  Barlett, Helen ^a   Travers, Catherine ^a   Cartwright, Colleen ^b   Smith, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Community; Depression; Mental health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746627740     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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