Mental health first aid: An international programme for early intervention

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-61

  Kitchener, Betty A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Mental health literacy; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRELAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 65249123529     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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