A new Australian online and phone mental health support service for Young People Living With Cancer

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-169

  Patterson, Pandora ^a   McDonald, Fiona E J ^a   Orchard, Peter ^a  

^a CanTeen   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Australia; Cancer; Counselling; Distress; E Mental Health Service; Internet; Mental health; Relatives; Teenager; Website

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIBLING; TELEPSYCHIATRY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902247997     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856213519144     Document Type: Article

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