Preferences and intention of rural adolescents toward seeking help for mental health problems

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Boyd, C P ^a   Hayes, L ^b   Nurse, S ^b   Aisbett, D ^b   Francis, K ^b   Newnham, K ^b   Sewell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Help seeking; Rural adolescent mental health; Social geography; Youth mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SEX FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 79958753507     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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