Perceived need for mental health care: Findings from the 2007 Australian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 624-634

  Meadows, Graham N ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Health Adult Psychiatry Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Health services needs; Health surveys; Mental disorders; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049103247     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902970866     Document Type: Article

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