Outcome measurement in adult Indigenous mental health consumers

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-116

  Trauer, Tom ^a,b,c   Nagel, Tricia ^d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c St Vincent's Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Top End Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Informants; Mental health; Outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873862805     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2012.11.1.106     Document Type: Article

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