Associations between awareness of beyondblue and mental health literacy in Australian youth: Results from a national survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 541-552

  Yap, Marie B ^a   Reavley, Nicola J ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beyondblue; help seeking; mental health literacy; youth

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TELECONSULTATION; VIGNETTE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867681451     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411435288     Document Type: Article

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