Mental health literacy as a function of remoteness of residence: An Australian national study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORKER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349090709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-92     Document Type: Article

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