Community attitudes towards mental health interventions for healthy people on the basis of genetic susceptibility

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1070-1076

  Wilde, Alex ^a   Meiser, Bettina ^b   Mitchell, Philip B ^a,c   Schofield, Peter R ^c,d  

^a BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Major depression; Predictive genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70449370054     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903179152     Document Type: Article

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