Mental health literacy about depression: A survey of portuguese youth

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Loureiro, Luís M ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b   Mendes, Aida C ^a   Santos, José C ^a   Ferreira, Ricardo O ^a   Pedreiro, Ana T ^a  

^a ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE ENFERMAGEM DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Help seeking; Mental health literacy; Youth

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SMOKING; SOCIAL WORKER; TEACHER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SCHOOL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PORTUGAL; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877060652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-129     Document Type: Article

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