A review of the legislative mechanisms available to protect the social participation rights of people with depression in the Asia Pacific region

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Ricci, Cristina ^a   Lee, Ming Been ^b   Chiu, Chen Huan ^c   Hickie, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disability; Discrimination; Human rights; Legislation

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDONESIA; INTERNET; JAPAN; KOREA; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAYSIA; MONGOLIA; NEW ZEALAND; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 5644235777     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1039-8562.2004.02102.x-2     Document Type: Review

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