Noting a landmark achievement: Mental Health First Aid training reaches 1% of Australian adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 808-813

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Kitchener, Betty A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST AID; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 80053950260     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.594785     Document Type: Review

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