Mental health literacy: Past, present, and future

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 154-158

  Kutcher, Stan ^a,b   Wei, Yifeng ^a,b   Coniglio, Connie ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Mental health literacy; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84964039326     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0706743715616609     Document Type: Review

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