Mental health and well-being within rural communities: The Australian rural mental health study

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Kelly, Brian J ^a,b   Stain, Helen J ^a,b   Coleman, Clare ^a   Perkins, David ^c   Fragar, Lyn ^d   Fuller, Jeffrey ^d   Lewin, Terry J ^b,e   Lyle, David ^c   Carr, Vaughan J ^b,e,f   Wilson, Jacqueline M ^a   Beard, John R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite international diagnostic interview; Determinant; Epidemiology; Mental disorder; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349092517     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2009.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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