Policy initiative to improve access to psychological services for people with affective and anxiety disorders: Population-level analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-108

  Harris, Meredith G ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^a   Pirkis, Jane E ^b   Slade, Tim N ^c   Whiteford, Harvey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851494090     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.073650     Document Type: Article

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