Actions taken to deal with mental health problems in Australian higher education students

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Reavley, Nicola J ^a   Mccann, Terence V ^b   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; First aid behaviour; Help seeking; Tertiary student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84859904153     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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