Australia's economic transition, unemployment, suicide and mental health needs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 119-123

  Myles, Nicholas ^a   Large, Matthew ^b,c   Myles, Hannah ^d,e   Adams, Robert ^e   Liu, Dennis ^d,f   Galletly, Cherrie ^d,f,g  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Southern Adelaide Local Health Network   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f Mental Health Services   (Australia)

^g Ramsay Health Care (SA) Mental Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

plant closure; Suicide; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY RATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 85012057863     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867416675035     Document Type: Review

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