Examining welfare receipt and mental disorders after a decade of reform and prosperity: Analysis of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-62

  Butterworth, Peter ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^b   Whiteford, Harvey ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Income support; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD; NATIONAL SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL WELFARE; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 78650669121     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.522555     Document Type: Article

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