Quality and predictors of adolescents' first aid intentions and actions towards a peer with a mental health problem

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-38

  Mason, Robert J ^a   Hart, Laura M ^a   Rossetto, Alyssia ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Mental disorder; Mental health; Mental health first aid; Peers; Support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIGNETTE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84930039782     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.03.036     Document Type: Article

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