The use of a surveillance system to measure changes in mental health in Australian adults during the global financial crisis

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-372

  Shi, Zumin ^a,b   Taylor, Anne W ^a,b   Goldney, Robert ^b   Winefield, Helen ^b   Gill, Tiffany K ^a,b   Tuckerman, Jane ^a   Wittert, Gary ^b  

^a Department of Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Global financial crisis; Mental health; Socioeconomic status; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755189491     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0200-1     Document Type: Article

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