Pearl in the oyster: Climate change as a mental health opportunity

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 453-456

  Berry, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disadvantage; Mental health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PSYCHIATRY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 72749120866     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560903045328     Document Type: Short Survey

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