Have mental health education programs influenced the mental health literacy of those with major depression and suicidal ideation? A comparison between 1998 and 2008 in South Australia

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-540

  Chamberlain, Peter N ^a   Goldney, Robert D ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Eckert, Kerena A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84866511854     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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