Social networks and mental health among a farming population

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 843-849

  Stain, Helen J ^a   Kelly, Brian ^a   Lewin, Terry J ^b   Higginbotham, Nick ^c   Beard, John R ^d,e,f   Hourihan, Fleur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Connectedness; Rural mental health; Social connection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROUGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POSTAL MAIL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 53749083543     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0374-5     Document Type: Article

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