Indicators of psychoses or psychoses as indicators: The relationship between Indigenous social disadvantage and serious mental illness

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-26

  Hunter, Ernest ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; control; Indigenous; mental illness; psychosis; social determinants; Torres Strait Islander

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84874584411     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856212460598     Document Type: Article

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