Mental health literacy among Internet users

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-255

  Lawlor, Elizabeth ^a   Breslin, John G ^d   Renwick, Laoise ^a   Foley, Sharon ^a   Mulkerrin, Una ^a   Kinsella, Anthony ^a   Turner, Niall ^a   O'Callaghan, Eadbhard ^a,b,c  

^a DETECT   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet survey; Mental health literacy; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HYPNOSIS; INTERNET; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSURGERY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION; VIGNETTE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249149539     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2008.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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