Beacon: A web portal to high-quality mental health websites for use by health professionals and the public

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2010, Pages

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Murray, Kristen ^a   Calear, Alison L ^a   Bennett, Kylie ^a   Bennett, Anthony ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WELLBEING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77955899202     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03692.x     Document Type: Article

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