A multifaceted intervention to improve mental health literacy in students of a multicampus university: a cluster randomised trial

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1655-1666

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Anxiety; Depression; Mental health literacy; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919361181     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: 14339285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0880-6     Document Type: Article

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