Enhancing mental health literacy in young people

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 567-569

  Kutcher, Stan ^a,b   Wei, Yifeng ^b   Costa, Susana ^c,d   Gusmão, Ricardo ^d,e   Skokauskas, Norbert ^f   Sourander, Andre ^g  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c European Alliance Against Depression   (Germany)

^d Aliança Europeia Contra a Depressão em Portugal ^*  (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH LITERACY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84970951375     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-016-0867-9     Document Type: Editorial

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