The impact of a depression awareness campaign on mental health literacy and mental morbidity among gay men

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-312

  Wang, Jen ^a,e   Häusermann, Michael ^b   Berrut, Sylvie ^c,d   Weiss, Mitchell G ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Lestime ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Lestime   (Switzerland)

^d Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Homosexuality; Intervention; Mental health literacy; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SWITZERLAND;

DEPRESSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERVENTION; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; SUICIDALITY;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882827546     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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