"Like Drawing Into Sand": Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of a New e-Mental Health Resource for Service Providers Working With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-69

  Dingwall, Kylie M ^a   Puszka, Stefanie ^a   Sweet, Michelle ^a   Nagel, Tricia ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; e mental health; Electronic; Treatment; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920995022     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ap.12100     Document Type: Article

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