Recall of news stories about mental illness by Australian youth: Associations with help-seeking attitudes and stigma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 866-872

  Morgan, Amy J ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Media; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECALL; STIGMA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 69449090006     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903107567     Document Type: Article

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