Belief in dealing with depression alone: Results from community surveys of adolescents and adults

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 59-65

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Kelly, Claire M ^a   Wright, Annemarie ^a   Parslow, Ruth A ^a   Harris, Meredith G ^a,b   McGorry, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Help seeking; Mental health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE;

EID: 33749594204     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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