National depression and anxiety indices for Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 780-787

  Reavley, Nicola J ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Cvetkovski, Stefan ^a   MacKinnon, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Index; National Health Survey; NSMHWB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL DEPRESSION INDEX AND A NATIONAL ANXIETY INDEX; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052490448     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.607130     Document Type: Article

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