General psychological distress symptoms and help-avoidance in young Australians

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-72

  Wilson, Coralie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Beliefs; General psychological distress; Help negation; Help seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650909950     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.9.1.63     Document Type: Article

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