Predicting mental health and well-being in adulthood

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Wilhelm, Kay ^a   Wedgwood, Lucinda ^a   Parker, Gordon ^a   Geerligs, Liesbeth ^a   Hadzi Pavlovic, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Caseness; Depression; Mental health; Optimism; Positive psychology; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949087431     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181cc41dd     Document Type: Article

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