How People with Depression Receive and Perceive Mental Illness Information: Findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 994-1001

  Graham, Annette L ^a   Hasking, Penelope ^a,b   Clarke, David ^a   Meadows, Graham ^a,c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Information; National Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945456297     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9900-6     Document Type: Article

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