Troubled youth: An island of misery in an ocean of happiness, or the tip of an iceberg of suffering?

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 6-11

  Eckersley, Richard ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Mental health; Well being; Young people

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HAPPINESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650873828     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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