Mental health profile of callers to a telephone counselling service

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Burgess, Nicole ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Leach, Liana S ^a   Farrer, Louise ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249096586     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2007.070610     Document Type: Article

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