Mental health of farmers in Southern Queensland: Issues and support

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 343-348

  Hossain, Delwar ^a   Eley, Rob ^a   Coutts, Jeff ^b   Gorman, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Coutts J and R ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Farmer; Field officer; Mental health; Queensland; Training

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; EMPATHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DROUGHTS; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 56349087006     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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