Feasibility of internet-delivered mental health treatments for rural populations

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-282

  Handley, Tonelle E ^a   Kay Lambkin, Frances J ^a,b   Inder, Kerry J ^a,c   Attia, John R ^c,d   Lewin, Terry J ^a,c   Kelly, Brian J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feasibility; Internet; Mental health; Rural; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897710360     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0708-9     Document Type: Article

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