Risk factors for mental disorder among university students in Australia: Findings from a web-based cross-sectional survey

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 935-944

  Said, David ^a   Kypri, Kypros ^b   Bowman, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Depression; Disorder; Mental health; Students; University

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878580053     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0574-x     Document Type: Article

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