Sources of information about mental health and links to help seeking: Findings from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1267-1274

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Help seeking; Information; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655191317     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0301-4     Document Type: Review

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