Rurality and mental health: The role of accessibility

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 629-634

  Murray, Greg ^a   Judd, Fiona ^b   Jackson, Henry ^c   Fraser, Caitlin ^b   Komiti, Angela ^d   Hodgins, Gene ^c   Pattison, Pip ^c   Humphreys, John ^d   Robins, Garry ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Rural Mental Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Mental Health; Rural; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 4444329997     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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