Tracking depression-related mental health literacy across South Australia: A decade of change

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-483

  Goldney, Robert D ^a,b   Dunn, Kirsten I ^a,b   Grande, Eleonora Dal ^c   Crabb, Shona ^a   Taylor, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental health literacy; South Australia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67651166993     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902817729     Document Type: Article

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