Age differences in mental health literacy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Farrer, Louise ^a   Leach, Liana ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 43149113222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-125     Document Type: Article

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