Male secondary school student's attitudes towards using mental health services

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 52-56

  Burke, Shane ^a   Kerr, Robert ^b   Mckeon, Patrick ^c  

^a Respond! Housing Association   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST PATRICK S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Depression; Focus groups; Mental health services; Stigma; Suicide; Young men

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999388012     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: 20516967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700010946     Document Type: Article

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