Service use for mental health problems: Findings from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 615-623

  Burgess, Philip M ^a   Pirkis, Jane E ^b   Slade, Tim N ^c   Johnston, Amy K ^c   Meadows, Graham N ^d   Gunn, Jane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health problems; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049096191     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902970858     Document Type: Article

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