The acceptability of a depression screening tool in an urban, aboriginal community-controlled health service

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Esler, Danielle M ^a   Johnston, Fay ^a,b   Thomas, David ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Depression; Diagnosis; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FACE VALIDITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447507925     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2007.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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