Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural australia: Developing a culture of inclusion

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Minas, Harry ^a,b,c   Kakuma, Ritsuko ^a   Too, Lay S ^a,c   Vayani, Hamza ^c   Orapeleng, Sharon ^c   Prasad Ildes, Rita ^c,d   Turner, Greg ^c,d   Procter, Nicholas ^c,e   Oehm, Daryl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Mental Health in Multicultural Australia   (Australia)

^d METRO SOUTH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SAMPLE SIZE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885009365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-7-23     Document Type: Article

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