Promoting youth mental health: Priorities for policy from an Australian perspective

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 40-45

  Rickwood, Debra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health promotion; Policy; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JUVENILE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 78650870303     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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