Quality of helping behaviours of members of the public towards a person with a mental illness: A descriptive analysis of data from an Australian national survey

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rossetto, Alyssia ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Reavley, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helping behaviours; Intentions; Mental health first aid; Mental health literacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VIGNETTE;

EID: 84892470859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-13-2     Document Type: Article

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