A multifaceted intervention to improve mental health literacy in employees of a multi-campus university: A cluster randomised trial

Journal of Public Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-39

  Reavley, Nicola J ^a,c   McCann, Terence V ^b   Cvetkovski, Stefan ^a,c   Jorm, Anthony F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health literacy; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896259319     PISSN: 17465729     EISSN: 20428731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JPMH-03-2013-0010     Document Type: Article

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