Changes in met perceived need for mental healthcare in Australia from 1997 to 2007

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-484

  Meadows, Graham N ^a   Bobevski, Irene ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455217727     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085910     Document Type: Article

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