Distress levels and self-reported treatment rates for medicine, law, psychology and mechanical engineering tertiary students: Cross-sectional study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 608-615

  Leahy, Catherine M ^a,b   Peterson, Ray F ^c   Wilson, Ian G ^d   Newbury, Jonathan W ^a   Tonkin, Anne L ^a   Turnbull, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychological; Statistics and numerical data; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77953817839     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048671003649052     Document Type: Article

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