A systematic review of help-seeking interventions for depression, anxiety and general psychological distress

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gulliver, Amelia ^a   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Brewer, Jacqueline L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866173962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-81     Document Type: Article

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