Predictors of adults' helping intentions and behaviours towards a person with a mental illness: A six-month follow-up study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 240, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-176

  Rossetto, Alyssia ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Reavley, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helping behaviours; Helping intentions; Mental health first aid; Mental health literacy; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AUSTRALIAN; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84963814168     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.037     Document Type: Article

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