Why hasn't the mental health of Australians improved? the need for a national prevention strategy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 795-801

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health policy; mental health services; population mental health; prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISABILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84906691214     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414546387     Document Type: Review

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